All Posts in Category: Irene Stories

On August 28, 2011, I went on a tubing excursion on the Mad River. I grew up in hurricane country and knew the day before the storm would be a gorgeous one, as the massive low pressure system to our south drew in all the clouds and moisture. It was…

We were living about 5 miles north of Barnard, VT on Rte 12. It was a Sunday morning and we were having a quiet, lazy morning fixing brunch and watching the rain. One of us looked out to the brook behind our duplex and noticed that trees were falling along…

Four years. That’s how long it’s been since Tropical Storm Irene wreaked havoc on Vermont – pummeling our infrastructure, destroying businesses and leaving many people homeless. The small business that I co-founded in Waterbury, the Alchemist, nearly got wiped off the map. We faced many difficult challenges following the flooding…