Not one week from our first major earthquake we have a hurricane. I swear I heard there was a tornado a few days ago as well. As is common it was rather nice before the storm. A change from the typical humidity. Around 10:30am on Saturday morning a line of rain hundreds of miles long hit Arlington. It didn’t really rain that hard throughout the day. Around 7:30pm I went out to Fire Works to ride the storm out at a location with food and lots of good beer. The tropical winds were supposed to hit around 8:00 or so. The winds were sustained at about 35 once it got going but it didn’t seem all that bad. The trees and rain were pounding the windows but it would lighten up on occasion. The media and internet hyped up the storm pretty good. You never know what is going to happen with Mother Nature. Everyone at the bar was enjoying themselves and people seemed to be a little more open and having more fun than normal. Some woman had a flashlight in her purse and that was being played with at the bar.
Lots of people lost power but that was about it around DC. Lewis thought he came through OK till he found 20K dollars of estimated roof damage. The river behind Robie’s house rose on Sunday quicker and higher than it has in the last 100 years or so. He had about 7 feet of water in his basement. He isn’t supposed to get power turned back on until 9/8. That is bad but not as bad as Vermont. The flooding is crazy up there.
It was an interesting week of natural disasters.
Robie's neighbor in the WSJ: Reporter’s Notebook: At Home, a Deluge
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