Weather....

[Kevin McCormack]

Yeah; the 'media blitz' has reached comic proportions here around the nations' capital. Unbelivably enough, we did not lose power, and its the first storm of any kind, even a summer thunderstorm, that did not knock it out! The local wisdom is that the new transformer substation they built after Hurricane Isabel a few miles up the road from us saved our bacon. We had the strong winds (max around here near Dulles Airport were around 30-40 with gusts up to 55mph) when she blew through here around 2AM Sunday morning. By 10AM the sky was sunshiney and bright with big fleecy clouds, temps in the hi 60s, and a wonderful breeze all morning long. Virtually no large trees down anywhere around, another miracle! Home Depots and Lowe's ran out of D-cell batteries and 8-ft. lengths of perforated as well as solid black plastic drain pipe by around 9AM Saturday. I wrote off the media after a sweet young thing cub reporter gushed just after the recent local earthquake near Charlottesville, VA: "Despite widespread damage on the ground, there does not appear to be any threat of a tsunami at this time."

[Mark Conrad]

Va. Beach got it for about 15 hours. The storm stalled after it came ashore in NC. I had no damage but I lost power and it is still out. I am using a generator so it isn't too bad. The tide was up aout 7 1/2 feet. Research letters will be slow for awhile.

If anybody needs any pine cones, I have millons you are welcome too.

Mark

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Mark Conrad

If anybody needs any pine cones, I have millons you are welcome too.

And I have oak leaf clusters, branches and acorns free for the takin'

I had to brush-hog my driveway last evening when I got home from Maine.

[Autumn Daze]

It seem we along the coast did better than my family in southern Vermont. Torrential rain with almost no wind created flash floods of epic proportions. Many bridges gone,two dams broke. The town of Willmington is half gone down the river along with the towns of Marlboro and South Newfane. My brothers road is gone and it will be about 3 weeks before he can get out. RT 100 has houses parked on it. It's a mess and came without warning. Funny the media doesn't talk about this.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

"Despite widespread damage on the ground, there does not appear to be any threat of a tsunami at this time."