Hurricane Irene wound up by most estimates as one of the top ten most destructive and deadly hurricanes to hit the United States since 1980. While ultimately not as powerful as many had predicted, the storm still killed at least 27 people along its path from the Caribbean to the eastern seaboard.
Transportation was shut down all along the east coast, stranding residents and tourists in shelters, airports, and train stations. More than 5.8 million customers lost electricity, thousands of flights were cancelled, flooding washed out roads and destroyed homes, and evacuation orders were issued for hundreds of thousands.
Amongst all this confusion sat the Lallo’s.
After dropping Alex at Mitchell College in New London, Ct on a beautiful Friday, Adrienne and Ed decided to cancel longstanding reservations on the Cape Cod seashore. After a long debate on going inland to the Berkshire Mountains, or hunkering down in Boston – Boston was chosen, and good thing because the Berkshire Mountains were pounded by heavy rain and flooding.
Having been at college for just two-days, New London was close to Irene’s landfall. The picturesque college sits right on the bay, but damage was limited to a fallen tree and loss of power for one day.
In Boston, Irene landed with more hype than happening. Downtown Boston was hit with gusting winds and torrential downpours – the brunt was over by noon on Sunday resulting in limited damage.
Late Sunday morning tourist ventured out of hotel rooms to survey the remnants of Irene and found whitecaps in the Habor light rain and Dim Sum available at Winsor Dim Sum in Chinatown.
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