(hennemusic) Hurricane Irene battered the east coast of the US all weekend long, as it went from a category 2 hurricane to a cat 1, and then, simply, a tropical storm. With a series of mandatory evacuations in place across several counties and States in Irene's path, all reasonable efforts were made by authorities to keep people safe. Property was a different issue entirely, as it can be replaced. But you might have a hard time convincing Sebastian Bach of that right now, as the rocker lost his New Jersey home to the storm.
Bach shared the news on Facebook late Sunday evening: "I am numb, in shock and devastated to report that my home of 21 years, my house featured on MTV 'Cribs', has been destroyed, condemned and deemed uninhabitable due to the extreme flooding courtesy of Hurricane Irene.
"In the two decades I have lived in this home, there has never been a single drop of water in the basement or anywhere else in the structure. Now Irene has overflowed the reservoir adjacent to my house. The surging waters have snapped the bridge in half next to my house (see photo above) and sent the bridge straight into my garage, knocking the house off of its foundation. The basement that has been dry for over two decades is now overflowing with water and I am not even allowed to start pumping the water out due to fears of electrocution." He has a lot more to say here
