Hello all. Here is an update on the hurricane in the Northern Neck as of 4:40 p.m. Much wind and rain. "Falling Oaks" where I live is living up to its name, as a huge trunk of one of the last three might oaks came crashing down. Thankfully, it did not hit the house or the TV satellite. Much of the area is without power, though miraculously still on here. The Norris Bridge has been closed and many of the roads in an around Kilmarnock, White Stone and Irvington (all without power) have been closed. Lancaster County Emergency Services has been sending out frequent robo calls to the residents. Last night they wanted Morattico, Windmill Point and other low lying areas evacuated. The worst of this storm has yet to hit the Northern Neck, particularly Lancaster and Northumberland. That won't hit for another few hours as they slowly progresses. We are told to expect 60 mph sustained winds (!). Of course there are many leaks to be attended to. We have over 12" rain so far, despite what the weather people say. But, this too shall pass. Craig

Hold on tight...... I have friends at Ft. Lee and we're getting updates from them too. Everyone is concerned and thoughts are with you all over there. Janean -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig Kilby Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 4:45 PM To: Northern Neck Northern Neck List Subject: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] IRENE update Hello all. Here is an update on the hurricane in the Northern Neck as of 4:40 p.m. Much wind and rain. "Falling Oaks" where I live is living up to its name, as a huge trunk of one of the last three might oaks came crashing down. Thankfully, it did not hit the house or the TV satellite. Much of the area is without power, though miraculously still on here. The Norris Bridge has been closed and many of the roads in an around Kilmarnock, White Stone and Irvington (all without power) have been closed. Lancaster County Emergency Services has been sending out frequent robo calls to the residents. Last night they wanted Morattico, Windmill Point and other low lying areas evacuated. The worst of this storm has yet to hit the Northern Neck, particularly Lancaster and Northumberland. That won't hit for another few hours as they slowly progresses. We are told to expect 60 mph sustained winds (!). Of course there are many leaks to be attended to. We have over 12" rain so far, despite what the weather people say. But, this too shall pass. Craig ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You know, when they tell you stay off the roads during a hurricane they mean it. A huge, 140 year old oak tree in the front yard just "POOF!" blew right over and into Morattico Road. Some fool was driving down the road and had s/he been two second early, s/he would have been smashed like a bug. There won't be going out of or into Morattico for many days. Hopefully the residents there did as they were told yesterday and evacuated yesterday. But, there are some homes on the way from Litwalton (here) to Morattico not in the flood zone. And just think, the worst is yet to come. And oh yes, the power finally went out. What fun. Craig On Aug 27, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > Hello all. Here is an update on the hurricane in the Northern Neck as of 4:40 p.m. Much wind and rain. "Falling Oaks" where I live is living up to its name, as a huge trunk of one of the last three might oaks came crashing down. Thankfully, it did not hit the house or the TV satellite. > > Much of the area is without power, though miraculously still on here. The Norris Bridge has been closed and many of the roads in an around Kilmarnock, White Stone and Irvington (all without power) have been closed. Lancaster County Emergency Services has been sending out frequent robo calls to the residents. Last night they wanted Morattico, Windmill Point and other low lying areas evacuated. > > The worst of this storm has yet to hit the Northern Neck, particularly Lancaster and Northumberland. That won't hit for another few hours as they slowly progresses. We are told to expect 60 mph sustained winds (!). > > Of course there are many leaks to be attended to. We have over 12" rain so far, despite what the weather people say. > > But, this too shall pass. > > Craig > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >