Wrath of Irene

as many of you know i'm a Jersey girl - last week hurricane Irene stopped by for a visit - here are some pictures i took yesterday as i was driving through the town next to mine, Cranford - remind you, these houses you will see are NOT in a flood zone, FEMA has been there since the storm, people are getting tickets b/c looters are coming and trying to take their stuff off the curbs (has to stay there for FEMA and the insurance companies to see so they can give you $$) - literally these homes were water front property from the storm!

i know a few people in this town of Cranford and their homes are destroyed - one house even lost it's roof!!! - pure devastation - priceless memories gone from flood waters! - and all of downtown Cranford has to get rebuilt pretty much - all the restaurants (which many are my fave) have all be destroyed and out of business until they can renovate everything

PS - down the shore didn't get much damage at all - the storm really went crazy once it hit up in central/north Jersey - from my neighbors they said the storm was nothing compared to the Noreasterns we get down there ..

*not the best pictures, i was taking them as i was driving with my phone, and yea it's been raining here and not gonna stop any time soon - like WE need more rain*

I know there are A LOT of people very thankful right now for the American Red Cross, FEMA, State Troopers, Police officers, Fireman, and other rescue squads -- there's A LOT of work that needs to take place in NJ - some towns are already declared disaster zones and family's are not allowed home - some STILL without power or water

time to volunteer up!