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

Sat Sep 27 12:14:37 EDT 2003

Sorry to hear about the damage but it sounds like your family was pretty 
lucky. My wife flew out to Norfolk this week to help her Mom out in Hampton 
VA. She has a canal in her back yard that feeds out to Hampton Roads. She 
had some slight flood damage and numerous trees down as well. Her power was 
back on Wednesday.

i was on the SC Coast when Hugo came through. What a mess!

Good luck with the clean up.

Wally

>From: "Saroj - COX" <saroj at pathfind.net>
>Reply-To: saroj at pathfind.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Isabel - impact on Williamsburg, VA
>Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:08:35 -0400
>
>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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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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