Sunday, August 28, 2011

James Meets Irene

When Hurricane Irene came, I thought it would be neat to document the changes of the James River from my kitchen window. Here we go...

Friday, August 26, 4:00 pm: When I got home from the middle school, the water level was normal. The water was choppier than usual. You can see the little ripples. For this picture, I took the camera outside. It was so humid that the camera lense was fogging up.







Friday, August 26, 7:00 pm: The water level was already rising! We were even having little white caps on the waves. Notice the direction of the water is towards the grass.

















Saturday, August 27, 7:00 am: 12 hours after the first picture, the water level had raised considerably. The picture is blurry from the raindrops on the window. The tide is changing from towards the grass to towards the pier.



Saturday, August 27, 9:30 am: The water is crashing into the pier as it continues to rise.


Saturday, August 27, 1:00 pm: The water rising and consuming the pier



Saturday, August 27, 6:00 pm: The walkway of the pier is underneath the water.


Sunday, August 27, 8:00 am: Back to normal. Other than a few branches, you'd never know the hurricane came. I'm rather happy that James and Irene's relationship didn't work out; he kicked her out in hopes of a better catch.




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