Irene makes her mark on North Brooklyn

By Will Femia

Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:06 AM EDT

I put most of them after the jump. There's a bunch so it may be slow to load...

One assumes the tape on this particular storefront will be removed with a quick, deliberate yank.

Irene took all the bread.

Hey Vanessa, I'll see your X's and raise you book love!

Before (above) and after (below) the deli gives new meaning to the phrase "sandwich board."

— Filed under: hurricane, irene

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CNN in a Hurricane: Like Pigs in Sh**t

They love this, don’t they? This is what news is all about in the age of corporate media: pictures and sounds and bells and whistles. CNN couldn’t have been bothered to discover whether Saddam Hussein really did have weapons of mass destruction or whether Karl Rove orchestrated the outing of a CIA agent or whether those little red blood vessels on George W. Bush’s nose were telling a story the mainstream media didn’t want to report.

But winds and waves—an entire CNN army patrols the nation’s shorelines ...

Article:

http://beeryblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/cnn-in-a-hurricane-like-pigs-in-@!$%#/

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#1 - Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:38 AM EDT

Natasha H.

Did you take the photos Will? Glad you are all OK.

@Sevilla90

#2 - Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:52 PM EDT

politicalsanity

Apparently, they make strong bikes in Brooklyn. The bikes padlocked to the parking signs seem to have weathered the storm remarkably well.

#3 - Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:28 PM EDT

keepintime

Good photos - thanks.

#4 - Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:26 PM EDT

T'omm J'Onzz

all the debris and downed tree looks pretty typical.

this was published last Wednesday, so i would've passed it along then if i had noted it; the local paper only reprinted it today -- Storms and Civility: Maintaining Sanity Before, After Hurricane Critical

#5 - Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:29 PM EDT

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