By Kendra A
In Hopkinton, New Hampshire, many people lost power when Hurricane Irene hit the New England region of the nation in late August 2011. Hurricane Irene, however, hit our neighboring state Vermont hard. Residents of the Green Mountain State had houses destroyed and had loved ones lost in the rapid water in bridges. Many of residents were without power for days.
In Vermont, the population is 625,000 according to U.S census data. Out of those residents 47,000 including businesses and homes were without power for days. This caused trouble for residents who ran babysitting services. Nancy Reed one of the residents of Wethersfield VT said, “My state has handled this situation very well with getting the power back on quickly to my town. We are all still recovering from the floods though. Still trying to build back up businesses and mourning the loss of two of our beloved covered bridges.” Two of the oldest covered bridges were taken down and torn to shreds from the floods.
Burlington VT the largest city in Vermont has had a history of big amounts of rain coming down, but Hurricane Irene set a new record of how much water there was. It was higher than the record floods in 1971. The amount of rain that fell in Vermont was 3.38inches. The reasons for the flooding was because of how high Irene raised the White River in West Hartford VT 20.67feet high. Breaking the record previous to a flood in 1927 and a hurricane in 1938. Floods and losing power was hard for Vermont residents. They lost a lot of bridges, homes, and businesses from this flood.
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