Our power is back on!  We got it back last night after three days without it.  We are so grateful!!  Here are some pictures from Hurricane Irene.

from our porch during the storm

our neighbors across the street

the tree that fell on our power lines/back porch

the view of the backyard during the storm after our tree fell

the next day we were happy to see our outside kitties survived the storm!

turns out, the tree was hollow!

Tad worked really hard to get the tree cleared from our power lines, porch, and yard

we have quite the pile of brush

this tree came up from the roots at one house in our neighborhood (it fell precisely next to their house)

this tree fell a few houses down from us and blocked the road for a day

our little neighborhood park lost several large trees

most of the streets in town looked like this – broken limbs, trees on lines, huge piles of brush

We are very thankful for God’s protection on our family during the hurricane!  And we are again grateful to have our power back!

edited to add: here are some pictures of Hurricane Irene’s destruction across the East Coast

How did you all fare in the storm?