Irene downs beloved 80-year-old tree in Brooklyn: One of the few American elms remaining in the city, the tree had weathered blizzards, winds, countless dogs, Dutch elm disease and perhaps that most menacing element of New York life — a residential building’s co-op board.
Photo: A famous elm uprooted by Irene lies across a street in Brooklyn. Credit: Tina Susman / Los Angeles Times
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
Flooding in Bennington, VT sends car down rushing river, August 28, 2011. (by YouTube user mobilady)
Hurricane Irene from Space
I already went shopping yesterday but wanted to get some more water and possibly a flashlight so I walked to a CVS near my place.
Well… Basically, this is what I saw. I sorta saw it coming so didn’t get too shocked, but it’s still quite amazing to see shelves emptied like this.
(Source: room1202)
Keeping an eye on Irene using the Living Earth HD app…
The art: Winslow Homer, Hurricane, Bahamas, 1898.
The news: Hurricane Irene is on the way.
The source: Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. An after-the-hurricane Homer watercolor is at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Note: Before there was The Weather Channel, there was art. Throughout the day 3rd of May will post examples of artists thrilling to big, bad, threatening storms.
Hurricane Irene from space.
