 Isolated local flooding occurs yearly, leading sometimes to road closures, with Hurricane Irene being the most memorable to the area.The 2004 hurricane season, in which Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne struck the area in a three-week period, doing considerable damage to the older wooden cottage style houses while the modern houses in the area received mostly cosmetic damage.It is also surrounded by several nature preserves, and the area blurs the line between rural and suburban.