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PHOTOS: Irene Pounds the State

Patch had more than 100 editors and photographers stretched from the top to the bottom of the state to capture the impact of Hurricane Irene on New Jersey. Here's what they saw, in photos.

 
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Hill Street Blues
Just because it stopped raining, the wind is gone and the skies over Hill Street in Morristown are a magnificent blue doesn't mean there still isn't the possibility of danger post-Irene, as the owner of this car is now well-aware. Submitted by Kendra Arnold
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Sergeant Don Varga checks a submerged car under the Deans Lane train bridge in South Brunswick, in Middlesex County.
A firefighter rests outside the fire station in Hightstown, in Mercer County, where there was nearly two feet of water.
A rescuer sets out to help a motorist get out of his stranded vehicle, in Long Valley in Morris County.
Hooking up, to make it easier to fight the current.
Rescued and rescuer, safe on land.
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Which was worse? The floods that transformed village streets into raging torrents? Or the wind that ripped trees asunder, sending limbs crashing down on power lines just when we were desperate to keep the sump pumps going?

Unfortunately, Irene didn't give us a choice, with a two-pronged nighttime assault that left the state reeling.

Our photographers were out early on Sunday to capture the aftermath.

judi

7:41 am on Monday, August 29, 2011

JOB WELL DONE TO ALL THE PATCH STAFF

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Christy Ward

9:43 am on Monday, August 29, 2011

We who have merely lost power have so much to be grateful for!

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wtgodot

8:09 am on Saturday, September 10, 2011

where was our " 10" " mayor and his cronies?

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