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> Leigh, > > Just a little rain and 30-40 mph winds and gusts on Saturday in Durham, Leigh. The North Carolina coast got clobbered though. Since Irene was over North Carolina for over 12 hours and was so large, there was a lot of flooding and ground damage on the Outer Banks and coastal cities, with the rain and ocean surges into the coastal waterways. Houses and businesses are under 8 to 10 feet of water. Canals were sucked dry at one point during the hurricane then filled back up as the storm bands circled around so major damage there. Over half a million people were without power and they say it may take a week to get all power restored in the eastern part of the state. There is also significant crop damage or total loss east of the I-95 corridor and into the sandhills in the southern part of the state. Eastern Carolina University and the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort are closed (the lab had been evacuated before Irene made landfall). Parts of the highways on the Outer Banks are completely gone. > At Duke we lost a giant willow oak in front of the building across from mine, and it hit part of it hit the building after completely uprooting. Other than that, just small tree limbs around campus. No flooding. > Classes started today on schedule. > > Thanks for asking, > John On Aug 29, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Leigh Gates wrote: > Having survived some memorable hurricanes in my lifetime, I’m just checking to see that all our ARLIS colleagues on the east coast and in NYC came through okay over the weekend. I hope you and your libraries were all spared. > > Leigh Gates > Director of Library Services > Harrington College of Design > 200 W. Madison St. > Chicago, IL 60606 > 312.697.8021 P > 312.697.3318 Front Desk > > www.harringtoncollege.com > > "There is no such thing as information overload—only bad design." Edward Tufte > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > John J. Taormina Director, Visual Media Center and Coordinator, Communications & Publications Dept. of Art, Art History & Visual Studies Duke University Ph: 919-684-2501 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://aahvs.duke.edu/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~