Hurricane Irene

[Lady Cop]

over 8000 homes still have no power here on the Cape. people with wells reliant on electric pumps have to go to various fire stations to get water. power will not come back on until maybe sunday. :(
people are PISSED OFF.

Vermont is a real mess.

emergency airlift operations brought ready-to-eat meals and water to Vermont residents left isolated and desperate.

Dangerously-damaged infrastructure, 2.5 million people without power and thousands of water-logged homes and businesses continued to overshadow the lives of residents and officials from North Carolina through New England, where the storm has been blamed for at least 44 deaths in 13 states.

But new dangers developed in New Jersey and Connecticut, where once benign rivers rose menacingly high. New Jersey ordered new evacuations.

In Connecticut, the Connecticut River was 23 feet above flood stage on Tuesday afternoon and still rising.

In Vermont, officials focused on providing basic necessities to residents who in many cases still have no power, no telephone service and no way to get in or out of their towns.

On Tuesday night, 11 towns were cut off from the outside.