[caww]

It's a lot ore than branches in the yards basement flooding.....but then sitting there in CT in a breeze you're perspective would be typical of New Englanders....well known by those of us who have lived among.

You might want to talk to the 15 families whose family embers are dead...and homes destroyed with flood waters not to mention businesses.

Storm surge flooding from Hatteras Village, North Carolina, Sunday morning.

[SamAdams76]

You are being silly. Of course the hurricane caused a lot of damage - as hurricanes that make landfall usually do. However, it was not quite the storm that it was predicted to be. And for that, we can take solace.

[RegulatorCountry]

See that red pickup truck in the first photo? The storm didn’t put it up on the porch, the owner put it there to keep the engine and cab out of the water. Poorer people around Hatteras improvise like that. The more well off already have raised parking.

[The Westerner]

That lone man walking toward destruction makes it real. This pic tells the whole story. I save ones like this. One of the Cuban photos you posted of a man hugging his wife in front of what was once their home told the whole story. As an aside, the difference between capitalism and communism is seen in the homes and clothing and even the weight of the people. Makes me count my blessings to be alive now at the end of the Age of Enlightenment.