Hurricane Irene One Year Later [PHOTOS]

It an attempt to give locals all the information they needed for preparation and in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Patch editors manned local evacuation centers, restaurants with backup power, parking lots where they could get a wireless internet signal and more. The result of this coverage were a seemingly endless amount of breaking news stories, photo galleries and videos. 

With the one year anniversary of Irene here we look back at the storm that hit the Island, leaving locals without power and much to clean up and repair.