Goodnight Irene

If you have had power, cable and internet, or just a cell phone that works on controlled usage because your battery may die soon, you must have been following what Irene has left behind. Besides the streaking kid on The Weather Channel, the picture has been pretty bleak in places like North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont. Watching historic covered bridges being washed away by flood waters is painful. Locally, we have seen mostly tree damage, which in turn has been the culprit for downed power lines and power outages. We have a few pictures from the around our state, and (except for the power issue) it looks like we really dodged the bullet this time around. Here’s a pictorial view from around the state submitted by our agents and staff: