Hurricane Irene is the very first hurricane I experienced here in the US. As usual, just like the time of storms in the Philippines, I kept me, my family and some friends updated with what's the latest with Hurricane Irene.
Me and my mom evacuated to my aunt's place by choice. Probably it was a good move too since the city of Newark (right next to Elizabeth which is where I live) had a mandatory evacuation and we were told that our apartment's location was a flood prone area. Dur
ing the hurricane, I also got word that power lines went down in the city of Elizabeth cutting all power and phone lines in the midst of the storm.
Anyway, when I settled at my aunt's house, I managed to setup 2 computers with 2 monitors each to monitor each and every source I've got for the storm. I had Stormpulse giving me continuous update of the storm through satellite radar. I've got CNN and AP on my twitter. I was logged on Weather.com's live stream and kept flipping channels to CBS 2, ABC 7, CNN and Fox News.
I managed to gather a large amount of information about what was happening while Hurricane Irene was a category 2, until it's touchdown in North Carolina up until it moved north to New York.
After the storm passed our house here in Union, New Jersey, I managed to take some videos of the flooding around the area and while the Fire Department responded to it. I submitted most of the shots I got to CBS 2, ABC 7 and also CNN which was all featured in their special telecast as they kept on monitoring Hurricane Irene's movement.
After CNN saw my iReport video, they vetted it and used it at their telecast, then also interviewed me about the situation in our area and managed to quote what I answered and is part of an article of CNN's Tom Cohen.
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