i m ali velshi, one of irene s last stops dealt one of its hardest blows. parts of vermont completely unreachable as rivers start to roar. one official describing the aftermath as awful. cut off in carolina. i m carol costello. thousands who ignored evacuation orders stranded on the outer banks. emergency supplies heading there by ferry today on this american morning. good morning. it is monday, august 29th. you lose track of it on these type of weekends when so much happens. there is a lot going on for a lot of people who say we missed we dodged the bull letsz, a lot of people who didn t dodge any bullets. whoever says that is not listening to the chainsaws humming in connecticut, vermont, new jersey, all the way up and down the northeast coast. i think people thought it would be worse. we re lucky we dodged the bullet. i expected so much worse. nobody in western jersey dodged the bullet when you look at the towns and water still raging. everyone is clear there