The wickedness of Hurricane Irene may have spared the Keene community, but the sister city of Brattleboro, Vermont is still drying out from the torrential flooding.
With Hurricane Irene stampeding through 12 states and leaving a devastating wave of attack that included millions of people without power and over 44 deaths, people will not be forgetting this one anytime soon. At least three of these deaths have been recorded in the state of Vermont where 1 death occured in the flooded town of Wilmington, just south of the famous ski resort Mount Snow.
A spokeswoman for the Mount Snow business cooperations named Leah described the effects on the region of Wilmington and West Dover, "It was a really rainy summer and with all the rain we got everything just slowly started flooding. It wasn't going to stop either."
State Governor of Vermont Peter Shumlin issued a statement saying that, "Irene whacked us hard." And with Vermont having an especially rainy summer, government officials issued warnings before Hurricane Irene that some of the major rivers had yet to crest, making flood predictions almost imminent.
Effects of Hurricane Irene were felt in the Keene, New Hampshire region less than a week after the northeast had recorded it's first sizeable earthquake in a considerable amount of time. While Keene did experience high winds and major flood warnings, the valley in which Keene lies may have helped stifle the ferocity of Irene.
Meanwhile, the sister city of Brattleboro, Vermont was devastated with major flooding in the downtown area. One detailed account from a worker at the Lepage Bakery named Victoria described the downtown flooding as, "It was as if someone just left all the faucets on, the downtown theatre was completely soaked and all the stores on the bottom are demolished. It's more than a mess."
While other folks living in the Brattleboro region weren't directly affected due to being farther away from the rivers and being on higher elevation, some business were still clearly disrupted.
Pro-Shop employee at the Brattleboro Country Club Eric, described business operations as, "clearly affected from a financial standpoint. There's no damage here but people can't get home and that means they can't come here. It's put a damper on business." The country club plans to re-open it's doors on the 31st of August.
While a number of business have been out of commission for days in the downtown Brattleboro area, aid from out of state has been pouring in. Estimated insurance costs and re-construction guesses are as high as seven billion dollars throughout the entire state of Vermont. Even with the extra National Guard stationed in Vermont, Governor Shumlin expects the road to recovery, "to be a long one."
With Hurricane Irene stampeding through 12 states and leaving a devastating wave of attack that included millions of people without power and over 44 deaths, people will not be forgetting this one anytime soon. At least three of these deaths have been recorded in the state of Vermont where 1 death occured in the flooded town of Wilmington, just south of the famous ski resort Mount Snow.
A spokeswoman for the Mount Snow business cooperations named Leah described the effects on the region of Wilmington and West Dover, "It was a really rainy summer and with all the rain we got everything just slowly started flooding. It wasn't going to stop either."
State Governor of Vermont Peter Shumlin issued a statement saying that, "Irene whacked us hard." And with Vermont having an especially rainy summer, government officials issued warnings before Hurricane Irene that some of the major rivers had yet to crest, making flood predictions almost imminent.
Effects of Hurricane Irene were felt in the Keene, New Hampshire region less than a week after the northeast had recorded it's first sizeable earthquake in a considerable amount of time. While Keene did experience high winds and major flood warnings, the valley in which Keene lies may have helped stifle the ferocity of Irene.
Meanwhile, the sister city of Brattleboro, Vermont was devastated with major flooding in the downtown area. One detailed account from a worker at the Lepage Bakery named Victoria described the downtown flooding as, "It was as if someone just left all the faucets on, the downtown theatre was completely soaked and all the stores on the bottom are demolished. It's more than a mess."
While other folks living in the Brattleboro region weren't directly affected due to being farther away from the rivers and being on higher elevation, some business were still clearly disrupted.
Pro-Shop employee at the Brattleboro Country Club Eric, described business operations as, "clearly affected from a financial standpoint. There's no damage here but people can't get home and that means they can't come here. It's put a damper on business." The country club plans to re-open it's doors on the 31st of August.
While a number of business have been out of commission for days in the downtown Brattleboro area, aid from out of state has been pouring in. Estimated insurance costs and re-construction guesses are as high as seven billion dollars throughout the entire state of Vermont. Even with the extra National Guard stationed in Vermont, Governor Shumlin expects the road to recovery, "to be a long one."
