Hurricane Irene - North River Riverbank Rebuilding

This morning across the street from our office, efforts are on-going to reinforce the eroded and washed out riverbanks of the North River, here in Colrain.

This past August, Hurricane Irene slowly swirled her way from Puerto Rico and other islands in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea up the coast of the United States - making landfall in Virginia, New Jersey and New York.

The storm made its third landfall in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, NY around 9 am on August 28. Though downgraded to a tropical storm by that point, the massive system continued to create severe flooding and extensive property damage.

Below is footage a neighbor took during the aftermath of the destructive storm. It shows the speed and height of the North River, just across the street from our office. Though the driveway to our building as well as most of the front lawn were submerged at the peak of the river's flooding, our office building remained unharmed.