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  • A flooded road is seen in Hatteras Island, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011after Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations. Irene caused more than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast to reportedly lose power over the weekend, and at least 11 deaths were blamed on the storm. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
  • A Port Authority police vehicle blocks traffic from entering the Holland Tunnel Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in New York. The north, or New Jersey-bound side of the Holland Tunnel was closed Sunday morning because of flooding from Tropical Storm Irene's rains. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
  • A downed tree blocks a section of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, in Philadelphia, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, as Hurricane Irene makes its way along the Eastern Seaboard. Irene slammed into Pennsylvania overnight, bringing rain and gusty winds that generated widespread flooding, toppled trees, caused several buildings to collapse and prompting water rescues along swollen creeks and rivers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
  • A New Jersey state trooper removes debris caused by Hurricane Irene on the Garden State Parkway early Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, near Stone Harbor, N.J. Hurricane Irene has made landfall along the New Jersey coast near Little Egg Inlet with 75-mph winds, the first hurricane to make landfall in the Garden State in over a century. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
  • This image made available by the NASA/NOAA GOES Project shows Hurricane Irene on the East Coast of the United States at 5:32 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/NASA/NOAA GOES Project)
  • Lenard Sanders, a homeless man, pushes his cart toward a subway station to seek shelter as Hurricane Irene makes its way along the Eastern Seaboard, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Philadelphia. The National Hurricane Center says a hurricane warning remains in effect from coastal Virginia northward to Sagamore Beach, Mass. The storm remained a Category 1 hurricane and forecasters expect little change in strength before an expected landfall later Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
  • The streets of New York are nearly empty as Hurricane Irene approaches the region with wind and rain early Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Irene has the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage all along a densely populated arc that includes Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and beyond. At least 65 million people could be affected. (AP Photo/Chelsea Matiash)
  • People sleep at Penn Station in New York, early Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, as Hurricane Irene approaches the region. Public transportation in New York shut down around noon on Saturday. Irene has the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage all along a densely populated arc that includes Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and beyond. At least 65 million people could be affected. (AP Photo/Chelsea Matiash)
  • A surfer heads out to hit the waves early Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene moved through Virginia Beach, Va. Irene fell short of the predictions of record-breaking storm surges in North Carolina and Virginia, but a slow-crawling storm that spread out hundreds of miles was still hurling heavy rain and high winds at a wide swath of the East Coast a day after its first U.S. landfall. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
  • Shinnecock Inlet on Long Island early Sunday morning.
  • Huntington, NY - Late Sunday morning. Courtesy of RedlineCollision Autobody
  • Huntington, NY - Late Sunday morning. Courtesy of RedlineCollision Autobody
  • Huntington, NY - Late Sunday morning. Courtesy of RedlineCollision Autobody
  • Huntington, NY - Late Sunday morning. Courtesy of RedlineCollision Autobody
  • Sunday morning in Islip Terrace, NY. Two trees blocked Connetquot Ave. north of Sunrise Highway. Courtesy of Jonathan Brett
  • Sunday morning in Islip Terrace, NY. Two trees blocked Connetquot Ave. north of Sunrise Highway. Courtesy of Jonathan Brett
  • Sunday morning in Islip Terrace, NY. Two trees blocked Connetquot Ave. north of Sunrise Highway. Courtesy of Jonathan Brett
  • Sunday morning in Islip Terrace, NY. Two trees blocked Connetquot Ave. north of Sunrise Highway. Courtesy of Jonathan Brett
  • The Crescent & Cedar Lane - Babylon Village
  • WBAB listener Dylann reports: Really big branch down and breaks the volleyball net.
  • Shore Road in Babylon, Sunday morning.
  • A member of the Delaware State Police walks away from a house that was heavily damaged by a possible tornado in Lewes, Del., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene churned along the Delaware coast overnight. From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene appeared to have fallen short of the doomsday predictions, but more than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast reportedly lost power, and at least 11 deaths were blamed on the storm. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • The limb of a large tree broken by Tropical Storm Irene lies against a house and in the yard in Providence, R.I., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Irene, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain, knocked out power to over 150,000 customers in Rhode Island as it downed trees and power lines on its way up the Northeast coast. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
  • A Providence City truck was struck by a falling tree from the winds of Tropical Storm Irene in Providence, R.I., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The worker was taken to a local hospital. Irene was to continue weakening as it passes over New England, and it's expected to move over eastern Canada by Sunday night. It remains a massive storm, however, with powerful winds extending more than 300 miles from the center. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
  • A taxi cab drives through a flooded lane of FDR Drive on the east side of New York, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Seawater surged into the streets of Manhattan on Sunday as Tropical Storm Irene slammed into New York, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain. The flooding threatened Wall Street and the heart of the global financial network. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
  • A man walks through flood water along the seawall in Battery Park as Hurricane Irene passes through New York, Sunday, August 28, 2011. Battery Park City and other areas in Lower Manhattan have been evacuated in advance of the storm. Seawater surged into the streets of Manhattan on Sunday as Tropical Storm Irene slammed into New York, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain. The flooding threatened Wall Street and the heart of the global financial network. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
  • Rising water and waves from Hurrican Irene surround a beachfront house Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in Hampton Bays, N.Y. Forecasters said the storm remained capable of causing ruinous flooding with a combination of storm surge, high tides and 6 to 12 inches of rain. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
  • An unidentified man is seen cleaning debris from the curb in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, the morning after Hurricane Irene moved through the city, Sunday, Aug., 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • Flowers are left at the Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, the morning after Hurricane Irene moved through the East Coast, Sunday, Aug., 28, 2011. The memorial was scheduled to be dedicated today but was postponed indefinitely because of weather issues caused by Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • NBC reporter Peter Alexander attempts to broadcast from the windswept Coney Island boardwalk in New York as Hurricane Irene became intensified Sunday, Aug. 28 2011 in Coney Island section of New York. Barely a hurricane but massive and packed with rain, Irene lumbered onto the New Jersey shore Sunday morning on its way toward pummeling New York, which turned eerily quiet as the city hunkered down. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
  • A fire truck drives through a flooded street in Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Seawater surged into the streets of Manhattan on Sunday as Tropical Storm Irene slammed into New York, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain. The flooding threatened Wall Street and the heart of the global financial network. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
  • A police officer is parked at the end of a flooded street in Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Seawater surged into the streets of Manhattan on Sunday as Tropical Storm Irene slammed into New York, downgraded from a hurricane but still unleashing furious wind and rain. The flooding threatened Wall Street and the heart of the global financial network. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
  • Ken Thompson, right, and Ray Morrison make their way toward their house along a seawall as winds from Tropical Storm Irene batter the shore in Fairhaven, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Irene weakened to winds of 65 mph, below the 74 mph dividing line between a hurricane and tropical storm. The system was still massive and powerful, forming a figure six that covered the Northeast. It was moving twice as fast as the day before. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
  • Connor Robinson does a back flip landing in the soft recently eroded sand as his friends Connor McGlynn, left, Topher Bates, and Ray Smith, right, stand nearby after Hurricane Irene Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, on Long Beach Island in Long Beach Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
  • The Stumpy Point Congregational Holiness Church is shown surrounded by water following the effects of Hurricane Irene in Stumpy Point, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The storm that spent 12-hours scouring the North Carolina coast killed at least five people, brought pockets of flooding that required rescues along the sounds and left nearly a half-million customers without power. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
  • A flooded road is seen in Hatteras Island, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011after Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations. Irene caused more than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast to reportedly lose power over the weekend, and at least 11 deaths were blamed on the storm. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
  • A building is flooded by water that rose above the banks of the St. Jones River in Dover, Del., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, after Hurricane Irene dumped several inches of rain along the Delaware coast overnight. Stripped of hurricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • Spc. Adam Theriault with the Army National Guard Unit 1st C.A.B., 120th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Co., takes a picture of a home damaged in the wake of Hurricane Irene in the Don Lee section of Arapahoe, Pamlico County, N.C. on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward)
  • Firefighters hose down the smoldering remains of of a house, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Rodanthe, N.C. destroyed by fire during Hurricane Irene. Roger and Celia Meekins barely escaped the home during the height of the storm when they realized their home was ablaze. Their neighbors Heather Fleming and Jim Meyer helped them out of the water after they exited the burning structure. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Rothenberg)
  • A Beach Patrol Headquarters used by the City of Long Beach lifeguards was lifted and moved to the boardwalk by the strong winds of Tropical Storm Irene as it swept through Long Island on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Long Beach, N.Y. Stripped of hurricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power _ but an unfazed New York and relief that it was nothing like the nightmare authorities feared. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
  • Massapequa, NY 8-28-11
  • Shorefront Park in Patchogue, NY
  • Bellmore, New York, Sunday 8/28/11
  • Bellmore, New York, Sunday 8/28/11
  • Smith and Bay Ave - Patchogue , NY 8/28/11
  • Grove St., Patchogue
  • Lucky lucky split - Grove St., Patchogue
  • Tree down at Row and Waverly in Patchogue Sunday after Irene
 

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