Photo Log 8/29/11 Post-Irene Damage Observations

1. View looking downstream from the Race Hill Road Bridge (West River). This picture shows

the pooling of water in the back yard of this home.

2. A view looking to the north at a tree resting on power lines and blocking a lane of Route 77

alongside Quonnipaug Lake. This is just to the south of the park on the west side of Route

77.

3. A close-up view of the rip rap that was moved over the hard armored shoreline and onto the

parking lot at the Town Marina.

4. Another view of the damaged parking lot at the Town Marina.

5. The view looking to the west of the downstream side of the Route 146 over the West River.

The water level was almost flush with the road at the road’s lowest point.

6. This photograph is taken looking to the south on Route 146 towards the railroad bridge just

to the south of the Sam Hill Road – Route 146 intersection. This photograph shows water

over the road.

7. The view looking to the north from Sachem Head Road towards the railroad bridge over

Route 146. This view shows additional water in the roadway.

8. This photograph looks to the north along Vineyard Point Road and shows the considerable

damage that the western-facing seawall took during the storm.

9. A view of an extensive area of seawall damage on Vineyard Point Road.

10. Another view of the extensive damage subject to the seawall on Vineyard Point Road.

11. A view of the rearranged rip rap and boulders along Falcon Road. Sediment deposition in

the road is also evident.

12. A view of sediment and other items which were deposited on Falcon Road and the adjacent

properties.

13. A view of sediment deposited on Falcon Road from the storm.

14. A view of trees resting on power lines and power lines lowered along Old Sachems Head

Road. Cars had to pass beneath here one at a time.

15. A view of a tree lying on two cars at the intersection of Old Sachems Head Road and Trolley

Road.

16. A view looking to the west of the location photographed above just downstream of Beattie

Pond on Route 146. A "Water Over Road" sign shows another response post-storm (state

response).

17. The water surface elevation at this location is just below the roadway’s elevation.

18. Accumulated debris at the intersection of a driveway and Shell Beach Road next to the red

house.

19. The water in the roadway at Shell Beach Road. Homes were obviously flooded.

20. A closer view of the flooding at Shell Beach Road.

21. A closer view of the accumulated debris at the intersection of Shell Beach Road and the

driveway next to the red house.

22. Debris strewn along the beach near Shell Beach Road.

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GUILFORD — One of Guilford’s most popular and idyllic spots is facing a lengthy restoration.

Hurricane Irene ravaged the town marina at the end of Whitfield Street, making it appear as if an earthquake had hit.

Paved parking spaces lining the rock jetty are torn up, cracked and bumpy, and chunks of pavement have broken off andleft gaping holes. Large and small rocks are in the parking lot.

Two seating areas are unidentifiable, as the storm tore up the benches and picnic tables and threw them toward the water.Part of a walkway leading to a dock separated from stairs and floated away, though it was still in the area. Another walkwaydislodged and sunk, and a truck pulled it out of the water and up the boat ramp Monday as residents watched.

The Public Works Department fenced off the area Monday afternoon, and onlookers took photos and wondered how thenearby Grass Island shack remained intact.

“The force of water is unbelievable,” 43-year resident Bo Mooradian said while stopping by the marina. “I said, ‘Let’s gosee what happened.’ I didn’t expect this. They’re probably going to have to tear all that down.”

First Selectman Joseph Mazza said he’s not sure what will be done with the area. A town employee working at the marinaMonday said security cameras recorded the storm’s wrath, but no one has seen the footage because the power is out.

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GUILFORD — Monday was a beautiful day to survey damage, and it spurred numerous residents to beginlending a helping hand.

Kathleen Warner spent some time in the afternoon on the Green making piles of downed tree branches. She saidshe worked 48 hours straight as a nurse at a local hospital and needed to get outside.

“Our Green is gorgeous, and to see it like this is devastating,” she said.

A tree had come down on one end of the Green and large branches were scattered throughout the property. AParks and Recreation Department crew was cleaning it up, First Selectman Joseph Mazza said.

Warner said she asked the employees what she could do to help, and they told her she could gather branches.“I’m hoping other people will join me,” she said.

In the Mulberry Point area, Gene Schulze was shoveling sand off a street and dumping it on the abutting beach.He lives in Tuttles Point, but his wife told him people in other neighborhoods were having trouble getting around

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When asked how long he planned to go at it, he joked, “Until my back gives out.” He had already spent themorning clearing branches around his property.

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GUILFORD — Even before high tide hit, Long Island Sound waves crashed into Maria Paine’s home Sunday.

For a while, she stood near her property in Indian Cove and watched, wondering if her family’s house wouldeventually be destroyed.

“It was really scary,” Paine said Monday afternoon as she surveyed the damage with neighbors. “I thought it wasgoing to be gone.”

Now her basement looks like a pond, seashells are scattered around her grass where the water had been a fewfeet high Sunday, and a dead jellyfish is in the front yard. Neighbors’ doors and fences are strewn across what’sleft of her lawn, and the beach association dock is at the edge of her property, having floated over during thestorm.

Friends and residents stopped by Monday to offer hugs and support. Paine said the community has been “reallynice,” and she even stayed the weekend at the home of a neighbor on a hill in Indian Cove. She said she wouldmove back home later in the day, a plan town building officials had to approve after they inspected the house.

Now she just has to find her propane tank, the enclosure to an outdoor shower next to the deck, and her cellar

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