Irene in Beacon: Fishkill Creek

I ended up weathering Irene north of NYC, in Beacon (I couldn't miss a fabulous birthday bash that had been on the calendar for quite some time!). The storm wasn't so bad on my friends' little street--other than an 11-hour power outage, a looming dead branch that never came down, and (for me) having to stay an extra day waiting for the Metro-North Hudson Line to be cleared, all was well for us. But the Fishkill Creek was another story, so I wandered over to take a gander...and some video and photos...