Hurricane/Tropical Storm #Irene Spews Sediment from Connecticut River

Sediment Spews from Connecticut River, a photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.

NASA's Flickr page has some amazing photos--not just of space, but of the Earth--including this one showing all of the sediment churned up by hurricane Irene. It's done quite a bit of damage to local ecosystems and was probably something most folks didn't think about happening. I know I didn't.

I wonder how far that damage will end up going. Click through to the Flickr page for a LOT more explanation of the pic and what it could mean for local ecology!

motherjones:Note to National Guard motor-pool trainers: Tell future recruits that, when in doubt, you don’t plow your government-issue cargo truck through 10-foot floodwater. Especially if you can’t swim.Who, *seriously* can’t swim, though? I mean, it’s practically instinctual if you don’t overthink it. In other news, we have idiots in our military.But they’re all heroes and stuff.

STORMAGEDDON 2011 part three: #Irene Aftermath (well, in my corner of NYC)

In the final installment of TheVlog: STORMAGEDDON 2011, I chronicle the the damage Irene did to my neighborhood in northern Manhattan.  Shot on August 28, 2011, the footage captured here was shot before the clean-up crews were done and captures a bit of the drama of having a tropical storm pass through your city.  Of course, this is just my corner of the city. Some areas got it worse than me.

Post-#Irene Stormageddon 2011 photos from #WashingtonHeights #WaHi #NYC #Manhattan

In this batch we have a still closed subway station, a tiny but almost tropical waterfall (squint and you can see it in the pic with the yellow and black sign in the foreground), fallen leaves, branches and trees and some seriously blocked paths through the park near my apartment. Not in these pics: the fact that people were out and about, enjoying the nicer weather and generally seeming happy and comfortable. Maybe we need more of these storms to remind us of what is important?

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Finally crashed around 3:30am--slept with my window open and this is what I woke up to:

I've checked the news and from my own perspective, NYC didn't get hit very hard at all.  I mean, compared to the madness that the news was predicting.  I got some text messages from my wife this morning in Connecticut and they lost power around 4:30am and don't have it back yet. So, we NYCers seemed to have done all right.  Our infrastructure might have been tougher, too, though.

Now I've got to get some breakfast, shower and shoot some footage of how things look today.

STORMAGEDDON 2011 part two: #Irene Arrives in #NYC! (from yesterday)

Sorry, it took me a while to cut it together and it’s in HD so it took another few hours to upload the 1GB final cut to YouTube.  By then it was 3am and I was so tired I could hardly keep awake.  I expected Irene to wake me up with her fury, but she didn’t.  Anyway, so here it is—the calm JUST before the storm:

Pre-#Irene northern #Manhattan pics taken earlier today (pt 2 of 2)

Of course, will it be as pleasant out tomorrow at the same time?

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Pre-#Irene northern #Manhattan pics taken earlier today (pt 1 of 2)

It was an amazingly tranquil day today and I think these pics prove it.

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ThePeteTV's HURRICAM 2001™ LIVE-STREAMING #IRENE

Yes, I'm being overdramatic. Your point? ;P  Anyway, "enjoy" this "exciting" view out of my apartment window on the other buildings and the sky around my home as Irene arrives.  You probably won't see much and may want to check out cam 3 at this site (look for cam3 beneath the live image).  Click the "Continue reading..." below if you don't see the player.

The view south from directly beneath the #GeorgeWashingtonBridge (#gwb) as we wait for #Irene

Still waiting.  Oh and I took this photo at one of the most low-lying areas I could find. About 10 feet from the water of the Hudson.

At the #GeorgeWashingtonBridge and traffic is still flowing smoothly as we wait for #Irene

Some rain is starting to fall again. It's been very light rain so far today.

For fellow NYCers, a hurricane evacuation zone map in English and Spanish #irene

So, hurricane Irene is apparently going to hit NYC late afternoon/early evening on Sunday, August 28.  Not sure if you're near a flood area? Check the map. I found I was close to a Zone C which is only a threat to neighbors a few blocks away from me (and not to me) and that's ONLY if a category 3 or 4 hurricane were to hit and that's very rare.  Grab the map in English and in Spanish.  Read more about this at Gothamist or at Accuweather.com.

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