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August 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM

Slideshow: Aftermath Photos Prove Irene Was No Laughing Matter

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A lot of people are having a laugh at the perceived disparity between the East Coast's frantic preparations

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A destroyed tree in Jackson Heights, Queens.

photo via (cc) Flickr user JoeInQueens

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A mudslide covers the tracks on Metro-North's Hudson line. A former MTA employee who called the MTA shutdown an "overreaction" might have said otherw

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Floodwaters overtaking the tracks of Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line at Ossining.

photo via (cc) Flickr user

Floodwaters cover a subway yard in upper Manhattan.
photo via (cc) Flickr user MTAPhotos

Metro-North's Harlem line flooded at Valhalla.
photo via (cc) Flickr user MTAPhotos

A giant felled tree on Roosevelt Island.
photo via (cc) Flickr user _snapp

Downed power lines on Metro-North's Harlem line.
photo via (cc) Flickr user MTAPhotos

An entire length of track in Westchester County is underwater.
photo via (cc) Flickr user MTAPhotos

A tree falls in Brooklyn: McCarren Park's famed "vagina tree" toppled and took out a fence.
photo via Instagram user oj_s