8/28/2011 Hurricane Irene Slams Into Groton, CT Long Point Shoreline.

Footage from the right front quadrant of Hurricane Irene during the morning hours as the hurricane made land fall in New England.

We shot this video Footage of high winds, huge waves, storm surge and flooding in the Grotton, CT Long Point area which is just south of Mystic, CT.

The footage shows some of the more powerful winds of Irene as it made landfall along with the feared storm surge that hit the southern tip of the Long Point area of Grotton, CT.
To license this footage for broadcast, contact http://www.stormchasingvideo.com

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[gaiagale]

such a huge tree down but the root ball is small ...looks like the wind must be warm people are scantily clad

thanks for sharing

[bnvn1]

@gaiagale Yeah it was nice and warm, the water was not bad ether.

[littlechrist138]

thumbs up if you're getting nervous about KATIA........

[treejerk]

At 2:02 Mark those are my 2 trucks in the video Wohooooooo

[elwarno]

All houses on Mouse Island are fine. Drove my boat by there yesterday.

[1226bellesouth]

Does anyone know if the cottages on Mouse Island survived the storm?