Ernesto's Path of "Destruction"

I am pretty much the picture slacker recently. There used to be a time when I would take pictures, get home, and excitedly run to the computer and download them from the camera. I couldn't understand why people weren't like me when they would let pictures sit on their camera for weeks and even months at a time.

I did that recently. Muh wife and I went for a walk in town on the day after Ernesto ripped through New Jersey. We stayed home that day and watched RU Football and movies. We even tried to let Tucker out to pee, but he wouldn't have much of it and would always sprint back into the house.

The next morning was a gorgeous morning in terms of sunlight and temperature. We walked outside and looked around. There was nominal damage on our street, but there were leaves and sticks everywhere. I did my part in our lawn by picking up all the discarded sticks and junk and putting them in their correct place.

We decided that since we were so cooped up all day/night the day/night prior, we would go for a walk into town. We were shocked by all the damage and destruction, but also at all the debris in town.

Power lines were knocked down (we only lost power for a few minutes at a time). Trees were leaning on houses and had fallen through cars. Debris was everywhere.

I took some photos of the mess and decided to post some of them here. (I just wish that Blogger would let me put up more.) I didn't want to post any of house or car destruction because I don't want to take advantage of a horrible situation.






So what did we learn from all of this? We learned that Ernesto was a little blip in the world of storms coming about a year after Katrina. New Jersey has seen far worse and that we should feel lucky to all have our health and home in one piece.

I do.