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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I headed to Long Island to help my mom get ready for Hurricane Irene. This photo was taken before the hurricane.
Due to an extended power outage at my mom’s house, I now know the tree you see on the right is “not the same.”
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On our last day in the Big Apple, we decided to rent some bikes and go through central park – something I’ve never done even though I’ve lived in the NY/NJ area all my life. We stopped briefly at the reservoir and I captured this photos. Yes the water was as green as depicted. But it wasn’t a bad green – sort of a tropical seawater type of green. I’m not sure if this is used for drinking in the city as I know a lot of their water comes further north in the Adirondack mountains.
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Our hotel room in NYC had a view to the west as seen to the left. Our friends had a view of Times Square. But because of where there room was, you couldn’t see down to the street which was too bad.
Here’s a close up of cruise ships at port waiting to depart.
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I finally made it to the big time – Broadway NYC! That’s me on the inset photo with the what shorts on. For those unfamiliar, there’s a large forever 21 billboard on Broadway across from the Marriot that displays a video camera of people walking by. It randomly “snaps” a photo of someone waling by and managed to grab me of sorts. Now I’m just waiting for the autograph requests… It may be a long wait I feel.
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I managed to get a nice shot of Jessica Simpson on a recent trip to New York City. She seemed a little stiff. Actually she was a lot stiff as this was taken at Madame Tussauds wax museum.
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Picture of the NYC Marriot Marquis from a recent stay at the hotel. We were spending some time with friends from out of town and we both stayed at this very nice hotel.
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I attended “Billy Elliot” on Broadway over the weekend. It was a good show and recommended if you are interested in dancing or seeing good dancing, especially in young people.
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While on my friends boat recently, I noticed these two large LCD screens on the console. “What are these for?” I asked. “Oh they’re GPS and weather information.” Pictured on the left is the GPS.
Upon gazing on the top of his boat, yep sure enough was a marine grade radar! How cool is that! For a mere $6k this could be yours too!
Thankfully there was no precipitation that evening – the echo’s you see on the display are the buildings and land around the edge of the lake we were on. It is possible to tilt up the radar beam and adjust the distance.
I want one!
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While strolling around town on a recent trip we came across an antique dealer with these really great items out front that were very photographic.
My only desire would have to been there early in the morning or just before sunset.
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Dabour Photography 