Thursday, September 1, 2011

Hurricane Irene Hits Vermont

Members of the US Army 86 Brigade, out of Berlin, VT, help load up water pallets to be delivered to people in need after Hurricane Irene at Camp Johnson in Colchester, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Members of the US Army, 86 Brigade, out of Berlin, VT, help load up pallets of water to be delivered to people in need two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of southern and central Vermont, at Camp Johnson in Colchester, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Staff Sargent Mark Scalese (left) and PFC John Dupree, help to secure a truck load of water and food to be delivered to Vermonters in need after Hurricane Irene at Camp Johnson in Colchester, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Members of the PA7, volunteer emergency access crew from PA, wait to be deployed to distribute food and water to those in need in Vermont after Hurricane Irene at Camp Johnson in Colchester, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Members of the 158 Fighter Wing Air Nat. Guard, out of S. Burlington, help secure a pallet of food to be delivered to Vermonters in need after Hurricane Irene on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
LT Col Lloyd Goodrow, speaks with FEMA groups support crew, Author Manning, Jr. (left), and Tony Williams  in South Burlington on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Members of the US Army 86 Brigade, out of Berlin, VT, help load up water pallets to be delivered to people in need two days after Hurricane Irene at Camp Johnson in Colchester, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press) 
Brigadier Gen. of the VT Nat. Guard, Dick Harris (right), Rep., Peter Welch (D-VT) and Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, walk on the tarmac of the Vermont National Guard Base before leaving by helicopter to tour two days after the devastation left by Hurricane Irene, in South Burlington, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
FEMA Director, Craig Fugate walks on the tarmac of the Vermont National Guard Base before leaving by helicopter to tour two days after the devastation left by Hurricane Irene, in South Burlington, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
FEMA Director, Craig Fugate (left) buckles in alongside, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) before a FEMA tour of Vermont by helicopter two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)

At the VT Nat. Guard Base before a tour of Vermont, two days after Hurricane Irene's devastation, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
In the Helicopter as members of the VT Nat. Guard, FEMA, and VT Gov. strap in before a tour of Vermont, two days after Hurricane Irene's devastation, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Senior Videojournalist,  Bob Crowley, of CNN, as the helicopter takes off from VT Nat. Guard Base during a tour of Vermont, two days after Hurricane Irene's devastation, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of two helicopters flying over the Winooski River Valley during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many rivers flooded in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)

The Winooski river as seen from above during a FEMA tour of Vermont two days  after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of southern and central Vermont, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
The Winooski river seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many roads washed away by flood waters in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many roads washed away by flood waters in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
A washed out dam along on one of many rivers flooded in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many rivers flooded in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
The Winooski river as seen from helicopter during a FEMA tour of Vermont two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press) 
One of many rivers flooded in central Vermont seen from helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
A section of US Route 4 washed out by flood waters seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour, two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, in Killington, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
A section of US Route 4 washed out by flood waters seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour, two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, in Killington, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
A section of US Route 4 washed out by flood waters seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour, two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, in Killington, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many rivers flooded in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many rivers flooded in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many rivers flooded in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many rivers flooded in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many roads washed away by  flood water in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many roads washed away by  flood water in central Vermont seen by helicopter during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Brigadier Gen. of the VT Nat. Guard, Dick Harris (left), Gov. Peter Shumlin (VT-D), and FEMA Director, Craig Fugate (right) talk during a FEMA tour of Vermont two days after Hurricane Irene devastated central and Southern Vermont, in Ludlow, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Brigadier Gen. Dick Harris (left), Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, and FEMA Director, Craig Fugate (right) talk during a FEMA tour of Vermont after Hurricane Irene on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
In the Helicopter as during a tour of Vermont, two days after Hurricane Irene's devastation, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
FEMA Director, Craig Fugate (left), Gov. Peter Shumlin (D-VT), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT, center) and Ron Bixby, Dir. of Emergency Management in Ludlow, VT (right) talk during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene, Ludlow, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of many roads washed out in Ludlow, Vermont during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
One of five washed out bridges in Ludlow, VT during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
FEMA Director, Craig Fugate (right) speaks to Ron Bixby, Emergency Management Director of Ludlow, VT during a FEMA tour of Vermont by helicopter two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont, in Ludlow, VT on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
Lt. Governor Phil Scott (VT) showing Paul Fairbanks, a volunteer in Ludlow, VT, the devastation of Hurricane Irene as seen by helicopter, during a FEMA tour two days after Hurricane Irene devastated parts of central and southern Vermont on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)
A view of Burlington, VT as the helicopter descends to land at the VT Nat. Guard Base after a tour of Vermont, two days after Hurricane Irene's devastation, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)



Senior Videojournalist,  Bob Crowley, of CNN, as the helicopter descends to land at the VT Nat. Guard Base after a tour of Vermont, two days after Hurricane Irene's devastation, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)

FEMA Director, Craig Fugate (right), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT, center), Gov. Peter Shumlin (D-VT, center), Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) walk off the tarmac at the VT Nat. Guard Base after a helicopter tour of Vermont, two days after Hurricane Irene's devastation, on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Joshua Lambert, for the Free Press)

0 comments: