It has been a harrowing experience, but Hurricane Irene is finally gone from the Delaware area. Since I was awake all night dealing with flooding issue, I had to use the last several hours to get some sleep. This is my final video post of Hurricane Irene as it dealt a blow to Wilmington, Delaware.

Thank you to all you emailed me and submitted comments. It is great to see that those of you concerned about your loved ones and property in Wilmington, Delaware were following HuntingTheFirstState. Traffic to huntingthefirststate.com increased by 500% during the storm. – SMK

Things are getting scary here in Wilmington, Delaware during Hurricane Irene.

Right before I filmed this, a tornado warning was issued for some town several miles south of me. A few minutes after I filmed this, the warning included my area. The winds kicked up and began blowing loudly, so I headed for the basement. I still have power, so I have been watching the local news and The Weather Channel.

The Emergency Alert System activated and displayed the tornado warning on my TV. The buzzing chirp of the alert got my attention, but the computer voice describing the warning was scary.

This is not going to be a good night.

Things are getting progressively worse in Wilmington, Delaware. Hurricane Irene is now bringing heavy rain and about 15 mph winds.