Raia on September 9, 2011 Salt Point Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY. (Courtesy of deidam.wordpress.com) Marist Students living in Gartland Commons were greeted with an evacuation as Hurricane Irene ripped through Dutchess County on August 28 th . Hurricane Irene immediately weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Coney Island. Parts of