P9162332.JPG House prepared for hurricane One of the houses on Front St. that we like to call ours (wishful thinking of course) was all boarded up and ready the day before Isabel came. 400 300 P9172335.JPG Storm chasers ABC action news of Florida The TV crews came to town before hurricane Isabel hoping to find headline stories. 400 300 P9172337.JPG Clawson's restaurant shows its hurricane history "Life was swell before Isabel" is the latest hurricane in the scoreboard for this Beaufort restaurant. 400 300 P9182338.JPG After power outage during storm, Mommy and Benjamin read a book We opened the shutters by hour door when the wind was blowing from the opposite side of the building 400 300 P9182342.JPG Windows and shutters were destroyed by tree Broken window on the apartment directly above ours. 400 300 P9182343.JPG Ex-arbolito frondoso The tree slammed our wall next to window several times during the storm before breaking. 400 300 P9182344.JPG Mommy and Benjamin examine broken tree He won't be outside our dining table window anymore with birds and squirrels saying good morning or good night to Benjamin every day. 400 300 P9182345.JPG Flooding at the end of Ann St. Access to the Beaufort Inn hotel was covered with about a foot of water. Not too bad. 300 400 P9182346.JPG Pickup truck smashed by tree branch The (ex)tree to the left lost its top during the storm. It hit the roof of the pickup truck breaking the rear window and then landed in front of it. 400 300 P9182348.JPG Fallen pecan tree In a house across the street from us. 400 300 P9182349.JPG Bent light post by building on the Beaufort waterfront This is interesting because the wind didn't blow in that direction. 400 300 P9182350.JPG A boat refuge becomes refugee Dock on the east side of Front St. Beaufort was encircled by the rising waters of the storm. This is almost four hours after the high tide. 400 300 P9182351.JPG Damaged gas station Ironically the yellow sign reads: "Wave of change coming soon". 400 300 P9182352.JPG The wrong footware. Or "kids, don't try this at home" I shouldn't have used these to go out right after the storm into muddy waters. There's a hight risk of sharp objects and creepy crawlers. 320 240