Nor'Easter Update

It's Friday morning and everything is closed and canceled in Virginia Beach. They are begging people to stay off the roads.

We got through the evening with split second flashes of lost power, but none of them held. We are not one of the 35,000 households without power. A big limb came off the sweet gum tree in the front yard, but landed harmlessly between the tree and the house. It didn't even harm my new shrubs in front of the house. The evergreen tree, that our behind the fence neighbor gave us in return for removing our large fence line tree that kept getting leaves in his pool, toppled completely over and is resting on the side fence. There is a line of leaves about 6 feet up on the front lawn showing the high water mark. The water completely covered the street and came up to the van's wheels on the driveway. Wind gusts reached 70mph in VB last night. Rain was 9 - 13".

Today the water is down to looking like overfilled gutters in front of our house, but the street is still flooded to the left of us (towards the puppy people's house). It is still windy.

We got a lot of painting and organizing done yesterday, but no drywall or baseboards. So, we still can't move the table and buffet back into the kitchen. :(

Our fingers are crossed about our countertop installation date.