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Six Months After Irene Slammed Vt. Recovery Rate Labeled ‘Astonishing’ By Alicia laguarda SPECIAL TO CEG
“Water is a solid.” We are not used to thinking that way about water. That statement turns things upside down — which is what happened in Vermont last August, when Irene hit the state. The equal opportunity flood ravaged trailers and fancy vacation
homes, highways and backroads, libraries and bars — and bridges, old and new. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a real life visit to some of the areas damaged by the floods that followed Irene is worth a thousand pictures. Being there is the only way you can feel the brutal contrast between one house standing as if nothing had happened, next to what’s left from see reCOVerY page 4
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Hurricane Irene’s damage included eroded riverbanks that caused bridges to be washed away by the rushing waters, effectively isolating many communities.