Isabel Pictorial From Coastal Virginia

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."

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Still Pretty Cool

[fuzzybunny]

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 :)

Re:Wow

[littlerubberfeet]

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.