As was well advertised, Hurricane Irene slammed into the tri-state area late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

I was camped out on Long Island at my mom’s house (she’s 81) to help her weather the storm.

As can be seen in this photo, she lost a very large branch on a tree that landed on the pool deck. Luckily no other damage.

Unfortunately the power is out and I anticipate a very long time to bring it back online. When Gloria hit in 1985, she was without power for 7 days. Ouch.

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