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Isabel Pictorial From Coastal Virginia

Posted by timothy on from the diy-weather-channel dept.

StickMang writes "I live on a small island off the coast of Virginia, and I just posted a bunch of pictures in a pictorial of the effects of Hurricane Isabel on my island. Things definitely got hairy, and some of the pics show pretty intense nature. Here's the link."

20 comments

  1. sheesh... by ceejayoz · · Score: 1

    20+ 600x450 images?

    Wow, this guy is just asking for a billion dollar bandwidth bill...

    1. Re:sheesh... by ManxStef · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, was just going to say - 1.63MB's worth of images, that's gonna sting :)

  2. Wow by Cokelee · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't understand the point of this submission, at all.

    If it is for people that have never been through a hurricane, it is a weak depiction of their power. If it is for those that have it is silly. He took more pictures of stores and ooooow, rain and wind. My local newspaper's coverage is infinitely better.

    1. Re:Wow by gl4ss · · Score: 1

      well.. he wanted to feel the wrath of the slashdot hurricane.

      i find it unbeliviably silly to post such a page to be linked from slashdot article.. zero content, muchos payload.

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    2. Re:Wow by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "If it is for people that have never been through a hurricane, it is a weak depiction of their power. "

      Somebody got photos of it and put it on the net for all to see. This is fairly significant in regards to the fact that there's no media spin. If this had been an invasion as opposed to a hurricane, the value would be much brighter.

      Don't get me wrong, I sort of see your point, but I just liked this because it came from the PoV of somebody who was there as opposed to a sensationalist reporter.

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    3. Re:Wow by littlerubberfeet · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I need a digital camera. My dock was under not an inch, but 3.5 feet of water. I lost 2 trees, and was partially flooded.

      The hurricane hit NC as quite a few do, but it also hit Virginia, which is usually not subjected to hurricane-force weather. I think the much more interesting information is what happens to areas that are not normally subjected to extreme weather (TM). A case in point is the George Washington Parkway along the Potomac river. Every half dead tree fell, every dead branch was blown over, and picnic tables ended up in the road medians. In Annapolis, power is still out for a majority of people, and the boating community has been hit really hard. The hurricane has weeded out the weak pilings, weak trees, and weak (stupid) boat owners.

      Hurricanes are like fires.

      If you have a hurricane every once in a while, it will cause a small amount of damage, preventing an even large amount of damage from occuring later. Unfortunately, we can't to "controlled hurricanes". Perhaps someone should do a study about preventative maintenance and tree trimming. And perhaps people should learn to tie up their boats.

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    4. Re:Wow by itwerx · · Score: 1

      Good pics, thanks for the link!

    5. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or we should start making bombs that can kill hurricanes. One or more of those 18000lb MOABs should help diminish hurricane power somewhat.

    6. Re:Wow by Elbow+Macaroni · · Score: 1

      I agree after being in Hurricane Marilyn in the Caribbean this is nothing.

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  3. Pretty pointless, but... by kurosawdust · · Score: 3, Funny
    I certainly admired the courage of the owners of that Sub Shop for staying open during the hurricane...they are definitely some true "Heroes".

    *dodges hurricane-force rotten tomatoes*

  4. Still Pretty Cool by fuzzybunny · · Score: 2, Interesting


    This is a nifty thing to see, because (a) if the hurricane had been any worse, we probably wouldn't be seeing many amateur pictures, and (b) because the thing didn't cause any really serious damage compared to other storms.

    Still, probably not particularly bright to go out sightseeing in the middle of a hurricane that's supposedly about to wash Florida towards Japan (this probably also explains submitting a link with large images to /. -- just asking for a licking.) But then again, as we all know, everything east of the Rockies will fall into the Atlantic ocean one of these days anyway :)

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  5. He shure has one hell of a server... by curious.corn · · Score: 1

    ... and the /. storm doesn't seem to hurt it either...

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  6. A new more photos from Ocean City by Dammital · · Score: 1

    Just a big storm, ocean churning up a little bit. (But I'm kinda hoping that lots of you check it out anyway, and give Mac's DSL connection some exercise.)

  7. Misleading title by aztektum · · Score: 2, Funny

    For a moment I thought /. was posting pr0n. Imagine my disappointment

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  8. Why is this in the science section? by Alinabi · · Score: 1

    I don't mean to be obnoxious, but what does this have to do with science?

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  9. Pics and news from East NC by Baz+Quux · · Score: 1

    From a website dedicated to the quaint little village in which I grew up:

    http://www.towndock.net/
    http://www.towndock.net/isabelreport.html
    http://www.towndock.net/isabelreport1.html

  10. a little intense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    When you say pretty intense nature I expect to see tiger maulings, funnels, and more than anything else, a 2x4 impalement of some sort or another.

    Still, one of the comments on the article mentioned that their power goes out whenever "a fat bitch busts ass" which got a hearty belly laugh from my coworker so in the end it was not a complete waste of time to look at all these kinda intense nature pictures.

  11. Real Damage by Eclypser · · Score: 0

    Thank goodness only 3 million people were without power. Any more than that would be REAL damage. BTW, that's 3 million in the DC area.

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  12. Some better pictures by Grayswan · · Score: 1

    A hail storm hit my neighborhood in Atlanta, GA. in April this year.

    I have a few picture:

    wae.home.mindspring.com/pics/DCP_0013.JPG
    wae.h ome.mindspring.com/pics/DCP_0014.JPG
    wae.home.min dspring.com/pics/DCP_0016.JPG
    wae.home.mindspring .com/pics/DCP_0017.JPG

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