More than once this weekend I thought about blogging while we were holed up and preparing for Hurricane Irene to come tearing through Brooklyn. Instead, it proved to be an opportune time to catch up on sleep, paint my dining room, and lazily watch some over-the-top news coverage of the storm. (“IT’S THE SIZE OF EUROPE!”) While the damage in New York City definitely doesn’t hold a candle to what’s going on in parts of New Jersey and Vermont, I wanted to share some of these Brooklyn scenes of the storm and its aftermath.

Did you venture out into the storm? Have shots you’d like to share? Send ‘em our way – we’d love to see them.

“Fun in DUMBO,” by BSEinBrooklyn:

“Irene’s Aftermath,” by Ed Brydon:

“Fallen Bee Hive” and “Fort Greene,” by Marta Curry:

“Hurricane Irene,” by Josh Derr:

Untitled, by Todd Sheridan and “My Very Lucky Friends,” by David Pexton:

“Car Wash,” by Andrew Mohrer:

“Irene’s Aftermath,” by Ed Brydon:

“The Wonderfully Underwhelming Irene,” by Warren Jackson:

“Hurricane Irene,” by Josh Derr: