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More Reader Photos: After Irene

Hopatcong residents wanted to make sure they never forgot the hurricane's impact. So they pulled out their cameras.

Storms can know out electricity, flood roads, break trees.

But they can't take away our cell phones and cameras.

That was true this weekend as Hopatcong residents—many without power and still reeling from the winds and rain—hit the streets and documented Hurricane Irene's damage to the borough.

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All the ripped trees, all the bodies of water, all the destruction. Hopatcong residents turned into citizen journalists and captured the moment.

A few days ago, we ran our first batch of reader-submitted photos. Here's one more, and probably final, batch.

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Thanks to everyone for sharing with us.


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