VIDEO: Take an Aerial Tour of RI

While it may not have revealed the pockets of devastation some may have expected to see, a ride in an Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter gave state officials and some media members an unusual tour of the Ocean State

Following Tropical Storm Irene last week, Gov. Lincoln Chafee, Sen. Jack Reed and other officials got a bird's eye view of the state from the choppers, taking members of the media along for the ride. The "unprecedented" tree damage that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of residents for several days was not visible from the air the day after Irene blew through Rhode Island. Still, the aerial tour of Rhode Islandgives a unique perspective of the Ocean State