Attention readers:

Due to the intervening event of Hurricane Irene, we take a break from our usual travel programming to bring you this breaking story of flood and destruction. We will return to our travellers’ happy escapades trolloping through the gorgeous Green Mountains of Vermont (safely completed last week, in the dry weather) in our next installment.

What you are about to witness is a real live person reporting from the banks of the Delaware River in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, risking his life to bring you this essential information.

Proceed with caution. Click here for the report from our own Christopher Heisen.