Portsmouth Living

Aftermath of Irene Leaves Christina In The Dark

Christina tries to figure out why people are complaining about the loss of electricity.

It’s been a week since Hurricane Irene set her scope on us and made a last-minute cut to the west. We were so lucky that not only did Hurricane Irene get downgraded to a tropical storm after she hit Coney Island, but that she changed course just a little more and turned inland.  While my thoughts and prayers are with the people in Vermont, I am thankful we were spared the brunt of the storm.  There were some trees and branches down and we didn’t get much of the rain they called for. Overall, things could have been much worse.  Which is why I have to say I’m disappointed with the general post-storm attitude.  In Portsmouth and across the state, I feel like we are forgetting how lucky we were and focusing on the fact we lost power for a …

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