I was just getting ready to post an update earlier when the power went out. It came back on a few minutes ago so kudos to Virginia Power for getting it back on so quick.
I’ve taken some video of the storm (nothing earth-shattering, just rain and trees blowing around in the wind, but I’m having trouble transferring it from my fancy new smartphone. I’ll update this post with it when I can get it uploaded.
There are a surprising number of idiots driving around in this.
So far not too bad. Lots of rain, lots of wind, but I haven’t seen any trees go down and it actually doesn’t seem to me to be as bad as Isabel was several years ago, even though we’re taking a more direct hit.
Of course, the worst may still be on the way, so time will tell.
So far so good.
Update: Got the video up:
Update 2: Sorry, I had the wrong image embedded before, it’s fixed now.