Storm Report from Richmond, VA
Thanks for any thoughts and prayers that have come our way. This was one hell of a storm. Richmond was hammered with some areas looking like they had been bombed. Before the storm we received over 20 inches of extra rain this year, so the ground was already soft. Add in the 6 inches we received during the storm and some of the biggest trees imagniable came crashing down. Lots of folks lost houses, cars, out buildings and such. Most of the Richmond metropolitan area is still without power, some without water (and everyone is supposed to boil before drinking) and more rain is predicted tonight. The amazing thing is that there have only been a small number of deaths attributed to the storm.
Please keep the folks in the Outer Banks of NC in your thoughts and prayers. I most frequently dive from Hatteras NC, and have been unable to determine whether the folks there are safe. The water and the wrecks will be there, its the people we depend on and grow to love that cannot be replaced. From the pictures I have seen the devastation is horrendous, their courage and fortitude is amazing.
Joe.
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