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# August 29, 2011
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/post-9545387018/
- Published: 2011-08-29T07:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-26T01:27:03.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: nyc, photo, caitlin, chino, fujifilm x100, #import-tumblr-2026-08-27

[Caitlin](http://amileormoreinmyshoes.tumblr.com/?ref=drewshannon.net), [Chino](https://www.drewshannon.net/tag/chino/), and I are very lucky and grateful to have had a somewhat uneventful experience with Hurricane Irene on Saturday night.

We live close to Battery Park in “Zone A”, so we were forced to evacuate the area as of 5pm on Saturday. We crashed at a friend’s apartment, and subsisted on a steady diet of Weather Channel, CNN, and junk food.

We’re back in our apartment now, and other than the fact that we don’t have hot water (the city shut off steam in our building), considering what so many other people have been through in Virginia, North Carolina, and elsewhere, we’re very thankful.

![Desolate and rain-soaked street in Lower Manhattan near Battery Park during the evacuation for Hurricane Irene.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2026/09/DSCF4276.RAF.jpg)

![Caitlin working on a MacBook in a dark room with a dramatic shadow cast on the brick wall outside.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2026/09/DSCF4282_edited.jpg)

![Empty sidewalks and darkened commercial storefronts in evacuated Zone A of Lower Manhattan during Hurricane Irene.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2026/09/DSCF4261.RAF.jpg)

![Wall Street subway station entrances taped off during mandatory transit shutdown for Hurricane Irene.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2026/09/DSCF4272.RAF.jpg)

![Deserted, rain-slicked city street in Lower Manhattan reflecting streetlights during Hurricane Irene.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2026/09/DSCF4309_edited.jpg)

![Streetlamp illuminating rain and mist beside street signs at Pine and Nassau during Hurricane Irene.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2026/09/DSCF4304_edited.jpg)