Brett & I’ve been watching the weather reports for days and knew that Hurricane Irene was scheduled to arrive in New York over the weekend. Unfortunately, that’s when my parents were headed up this way too.
The elder Flanigan’s travel plans for a Labor Day holiday visit ended up being a bit re-routed when airports along the East Coast began shutting down because of the impending storm. Thankfully, Southwest Airlines was able to book them on an earlier flight and they safely made it to Albany without having to change planes in Baltimore.
We took a little tour around the Capital Region to check out what kind of damage the Hurricane-turn-Tropical Storm left. Thankfully, it wasn’t too bad. Just a lot of rain and a few limbs down.
Here’s some video that I shot from the doorway:
After listening to the Weather Channel for hours and sitting at home all afternoon (thank goodness we had power!) cabin fever quickly set in. A quick trip to Wal-Mart was a great distraction from the boredom & naps no one could escape. Surprisingly, Wal-Mart didn’t have many shoppers. We picked up some of the things we were out of. Good thing we were were stocked up on the basics, ’cause the bread aisle was pretty much ransacked. Interesting to know that English Muffins aren’t a hurricane/tropical storm staple.
The damage in Clifton Park appeared to be little more than just a few limbs down and leaves all over the apartment complex. NOAA estimates that the Capitol District area got about six inches of rain throughout the day.
Now, over at Cohoes Falls, we found the water excitement we were looking for!
And then, without fail, Tropical Storm Irene got the best of us…
