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Keith and Marianne Bruno’s home and business were severely damaged by Hurricane Irene. Keith is a commercial fisherman. He suffered extensive damage to his boats, crab pots and nets. Here, the morning after the hurricane, he inspects his marriage video ruined in the surge.

It’s hard to make sense of a hurricane’s power. Here is the “Anna I. Brown”. She was deposited in front of the Bruno’s house. Yet, close by….

a pair of sliding doors survived unshattered. They washed in from a neighbor’s house. The boat and trailer fared less well.

The remains of the Bruno pier. Behind it, their residence.

The Brunos own Endurance Seafood, a wholesale and retail food seafood business. This is the cold storage unit where Keith kept his frozen stock. The storm surge was so powerful, it wrenched the heavy freezer from the dock it was mounted to – and destroyed the dock.

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Posted Tuesday August 30, 2011 by Bernie Harberts