[Rhodes22-list] Isabel - impact on Williamsburg, VA

Fri Sep 26 22:11:09 EDT 2003

Saroj,

Holy cow! Thank goodness you and yours are all right - that's the most
important. It sounds like you guys really got hammered. We saw 25-30 mph
winds and a night of rain down here in Blacksburg, but that's about it.
Nothing like your area.

Mark

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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Saroj - COX
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:09 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Isabel - impact on Williamsburg, VA

Thanks again to Ed who sent the link advising that marinas are the worst
place for a boat during a hurricane.  I took the warning and got Pathfinder
out and onto high dry land.  She faired very well aside from lots of leaves
and mess.

We didn't however.  I came back from my business trip to CA to a house with
a lot of damage and 4 tons of oak tree on the roof.  My mother and daughter,
who were here throughout the storm were very traumatized as they had JUST
got out of harms way minutes before the tree fell and unquestionably would
have been killed had they still been out on the porch which was totally
demolished.  They jump every time there is a loud noise of any type.

We have 6 large trees (100 feet high generally) down around the house and
another 5 or 6 down on the property away from the house.  We live on only an
acre so that's a lot of trees down in one storm.  Suddenly the canopy over
the house is gone.  Out of the 10 houses on this street, 7 had serious
damage due to falling trees.  We just got power back on Wednesday night and
still have no land phone.  Phone company says not to expect phone service
until early October.  The COX cable service -- both TV and broadband -- was
available as soon as we had power.  Don't think it ever went down.  We
should have the majority of the outside cleanup done by the end of this
weekend except for the removal of the large oak that is covering most of the
back yard and entangled in the debris of the back screened-in porch.  I'm
getting very familiar with chain saw use and maintenance. (I'd rather be
sailing.) As far as the house is concerned, there are 4 tarps on the roof
and one room totally unusable.  We haven't even seen the insurance adjuster
yet and the contractors in the area are either not returning calls or not
committing to when they can even come out to assess the situation.  There
are lots of price gougers around - some quoting $3000 to take down one tree.

I just haven't had time to check the marina.  Doubt I could have got there
until a day or so ago.  The community where it is has as many trees as we do
and I expect the roads were impassable for days.  It is pretty evident that
this storm was full of micro-bursts as certain communities were hit a lot
harder than others nearby.  Also some of the trees are very twisted and
broken rather than lying there with a root ball pulled out of the ground.

Colonial Williamsburg is still closed down as is William and Mary College.
The entire parkway from Jamestown to Yorktown is closed indefinitely.

We're grateful no one was hurt and happy to have lights and hot water again.
Plus we have found out how wonderful some of our neighbors and friends are
and our family unit is closer than ever.  Back to sawing logs...

Saroj

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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Todd Tavares
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:55 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Isabel

    I'll be down at my buddies house this weekend helping him clean up after
the storm.  He lost his fishing boat, boat lift, about 10 tons of soil from
behind his bulkhead, and his 140' pier.  He lives on the Potomac near the
Harry Nice bridge.

----- Original Message -----
From: ellner <ellner at pressenter.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:28:53 -0500
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Isabel

> Thanks, Doug, for the update!  We're having a typical Fall day here in
> Wisconsin------hoping everyone comes through this as well as Alex and
> Pamela!  Our best to all of you......Mary & Rod
>
>
> At 02:52 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >I just spoke with Alex in New Bern...
> >
> >They came through it just fine.  There are a lot of trees down, the power
is
> >off, and the land-line phones are still out (they went dead yesterday
when I
> >was speaking with them), but the boats, the house, the canvas shop, and
both
> >Alex and Pamela came through it just fine.
> >
> >Alex said that (for them) it was kind of anti-climactic to go through all
of
> >that and to have really no damage at all.  Here is hoping that everyone
in
> >our extended Rhodes family is as fortunate!
> >
> >Best wishes to all...
> >
> >--Doug
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: SVTRITON at aol.com [mailto:SVTRITON at aol.com]
> >Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:46 AM
> >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Isabel
> >
> >
> >hi all
> >we have a bad tidal surge in baltimore...my boat is at a floating dock
which
> >
> >is 6 inches from the top of the piling so we're hoping it doesnt go up
any
> >further...the next high tide is about 1pm ...most of the inner harbor is
> >underwater and 600 000 are without power...2 deaths in maryland..i think
its
> >11
> >overall....chesapeake rhodies in middle river at fixed docks are all
under
> >water...a
> >friend of mine has an 8 ft high deck and has about 2 feet to go....havent
> >heard anything about marylou and gil in rock hall but im sure its the
> >same...see
> >ya all later
> >tom
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