Monday, September 5, 2011
As damage assessments roll in, officials say it could have been worse.
Hurricane Irene, President Obama said in the days preceding the storm, was shaping up to be a "historic hurricane." And it was, in some ways. To anyone with a flood-damaged home in Vermont, or stuck on the wrong side of an impassable bridge in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, it's historic. Officials up and down the eastern seaboard are still conducting preliminary damage assessments. In the D.C. region, damage was less-than-historic. After a long day of rain and gusty winds, Irene left thousands without power and hundreds of downed trees, but the capital and the surrounding areas were spared both the dangerous storm surges pushed ahead of the hurricane and the stronger winds on the eastern side of Irene. "What happened was that we …
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Emergency communications, kids and divorce, and a look at an Annandale strip mall.
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
The aftermath of the storm leaves a huge clean-up for communities.
From Patch communities across Virginia, we're sharing photos of the storm and its aftermath. Do you have photos to share? Upload them here. Get more great Irene coverage and photos from Patch and the rest of the Huffington Post Media Group.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Storm should shift west, meteorologist says; Virginia gets federal aid.
Update Sunday: More than 108,000 customers are without power in Northern Virginia. We will be updating about the area Sunday here. Click the link for updates from this point onward. Update 3:15 a.m. Sunday: Dominion Virginia Power reported that as of 2:45 a.m., more than 1 million of its customers were without power in Virginia and North Carolina; 908,000 were in Virginia and 107,000 were in Northern Virginia. At 2 a.m., Hurricane Irene was located very close to Ocean City, Md. and heading NNE at 17 mph with maximum sustained winds at 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Wind and rain will continue the remainder of tonight, diminishing sometime in the mid-morning hours. The Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management …
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The metro region could feel the effects of the hurricane by this weekend
The National Weather Service has upgraded Irene to a Category 3 hurricane, as winds inside the storm have reached 115 mph. It is expected to hit Mid-Atlantic waters by Saturday. In an advisory issued at 8 a.m. Wednesday, forecasters said the eye of the hurricane is currently headed toward the Crooked and Acklin Islands, located about 250 miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas. Irene lumbered into the Bahamas at 9 mph Tuesday night and has turned northwestward, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm's projected path was adjusted steadily to the east throughout the day Tuesday. Forecasters no longer expect the center of the storm to make landfall in Florida at all. In a press conference call with reporters, National …
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12:30 pm on Sunday, August 28, 2011
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