8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff A downed tree in the 100 block of North Main Street in Terryville after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Poland Brook flows under North Main Street in Terryville after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Marla Pechulis photographs her twin daughters Madison and Olivia,13, and the Pequabuck River as it flows along Memorial Blvd. in Bristol after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Marla Pechulis photographs the Pequabuck River as it flows along Memorial Blvd. in Bristol after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff The Pequabuck River as it flows under Mellen Street along Memorial Blvd. in Bristol after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Cousins Paula Baron and Sharon Fioretti photograph the Pequabuck River as it flows along Memorial Blvd. in Bristol after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff A large tree passed through the NAPA Auto Parts store along Memorial Blvd. in Bristol where the Pequabuck River flows under the building after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff The Pequabuck River as it flows along Memorial Blvd. in Bristol after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Part of the crowd gathered in Forestville while police and fire crews search for a missing Kayaker after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday. Two kayakers where spotted in the river, one was pulled out and the search is continuing for the other one.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff A large tree blockign Highview Street in Bristol where it intersects with Garfield Road after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff A Jeep Cherokee leads the ways as motorists travel west on Route 72 where it intersects with Poland Brook in Terryville after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff The flooded Plymouth post office in the Terryville section of town after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Tyler Mendella at the flooded Plymouth post office in the Terryville section of town after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Tape on the windows of the Bristol Discount Foods Grocer store in downtown Bristol after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Work crews removed a downed tree on Emmett Street in Bristol after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff A Bristol police officer in Forestville while police and fire crews search for a missing Kayaker after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday. Two kayakers where spotted in the river, one was pulled out and the search is continuing for the other one.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff A Bristol firefighter in Forestville while police and fire crews search for a missing Kayaker after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday. Two kayakers where spotted in the river, one was pulled out and the search is continuing for the other one.
8/28/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Plainville police and fire crews search for a missing Kayaker where the Pequabuck River flows under Route 177 after Hurricane Irene passed through Central Connecticut Saturday into Sunday. Two kayakers where spotted in the river, one was pulled out and the search is continuing for the other one.
8/30/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff State of Connecticut work crews clean mud off East Main Street in Forestville on Tuesday afternoon after the Pequabuck River rose past flood stage due to heavy rain brought on by Hurricane Irene.
8/30/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff David Santos and Gladys Botero clean up mud in the parking lot of the Latino Restaurant after the Pequabuck River rose past flood stage due to heavy rain brought on by Hurricane Irene.
8/30/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Clara T. O'Connell School principal Mike Audette surveys the water damage in the lower level of the Bristol elementary school that borders the Pequabuck River.
8/30/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff John Freimuth clears sand and debris at the playground at the Clara T. O'Connell School after flood water from the Pequabuck River rose flooding the school after heavy rain from Hurricane Irene.
8/30/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff A mop and buckett at Clara T. O'Connell School in lower level of the Bristol elementary school that borders the Pequabuck River.
8/30/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Damaged by raging flood water from Hurricane Irene, the Stately Floors building that straddles the Pequabuck River will be demolished later this week in Bristol.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Bristol Public Works Walt Veselka talks with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Bristol Mayor Art Ward at the site of a 16-inch water main exposed by flooding along Farrell Avenue in Bristol after Hurricane Irene.
8/30/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Damage to the playground at the Clara T. O'Connell School after flood water from the Pequabuck River rose flooding the school after heavy rain from Hurricane Irene.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff A 16-inch water main exposed by flooding along Farrell Avenue in Bristol after Hurricane Irene.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Huntington Woods.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Debris pilled up in Rockwell Park in Bristol after water damage from Hurricane Irene.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff The demolition of the Stately Floors building that straddles the Pequabuck River on Wednesday morning after it was damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Irene.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Cindy Scarpati and her grandson Gabe Scarpati,3, watch the demolition of the Stately Floors building that straddles the Pequabuck River on Wednesday morning.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Bristol School Superintendent Phil Streifer talks outside the O’Connell School on Wednesday morning.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff O’Connell School principal Mike Audette and Bristol Schools Superintendent Phil Streifer talk outside the O’Connell School on Wednesday morning.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Some of the equipment being used to dry inside the library at the O'Connell School after water damage from Hurricane Irene.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff O’Connell School principal Mike Audette talks with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and Bristol Mayor Art Ward as they toured Hurricane Irene damage to Bristol outside the O’Connell School on Wednesday morning.
8/31/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff Route 72 washed out by Hurricane Irene where the Pequabuck River enters Rockwell Park.
9/1/2011 Mike Orazzi | Staff The former Tinty's Furniture building in Bristol has been sold.
