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Hurricane Irene - Before
 
Hurricane Irene Before
 
We live in Hampstead NC, eight miles north of Wilmington.  From the center of our little town, we’re eleven miles from Topsail Island and the mighty Atlantic Ocean.   On the east side of Hampstead, we have wonderful high bluff lots along the Intracoastal Waterway and less grand, lower ground, Intracoastal lots and both deep and shallow water creek sites.  But, most of us don’t live on the water and are only worried about  clogged storm drains causing street flooding or water backing up in our yards.  All have concerns about flying debris and our worst fear - a tree falling on our homes.  The storm will be coming in during the night which means we won’t know until daylight what’s happened.  
But, before dark closes us in our cocoons, we have lots of storm preparation.  We’ll empty front porch, deck and screen porch of every last item that could become a loose missile hurtling through a window or tearing off screen.  It’s a big job and, since all that stuff  has to go somewhere, means loading our garage and parking our cars in the driveway.  That’s fine because there’s no looming tree there and having them in front protects the doors ... more

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