A Navesink Calm After Hurricane Irene

The wind was whipping a bit, but all was calm last night as people along the banks of the Navesink River settled in for the night after the storm.

Electricity outages peppered the area. Yet some lights from homes shone like beacons across the river as the high-tide waters lapped up against docks and the base of guardrails at the foot of the Oceanic Bridge.

Shortly after the sunset, some orange light peered from behind the clouds, signaling a bridge into a sunny day today.

Check out Patch's small slide show set to music (above).