Less than 24 hours after Irene pummeled the city, we ventured out(against Mayor Bloomberg's orders) to document the devastation she left in her wake. Here's a sampling of some of the damage to the Bushwick area...
1) On Wyckoff street, a large garbage can still lies tipped over as emergency efforts to upright it have not materialized as of 2PM eastern standard time.
2) At the corner of Wyckoff and Hart street, flooding is still apparent as passersby brave the remnants of the storm in an effort to get ice coffee.
3) On Harman Street in Ridgewood, Queens, a leaf lies motionless on the sidewalk. A reminder of the devastation that could have been had this impaled an unlucky pedestrian.
4) An empty plastic cup lies in the street as the cleanup of Hurrican Irene's horrendous aftermath continues at a snail's pace.
