The rain woke me up around 6, and a quick look at the rain gauge showed we'd already received 2 inches of rain, and the wind was whipping the branches of the trees around. The eye of the storm was just getting crossing the North Carolina/Virginia line.
A little before 7 PM, all the phones in the house went off, with a warning of a tornado warning. Apparently a radar signature indicated a possible tornado, and one was spotted near Leonardtown. Also, water spouts spotted over Taylors Island, headed generally in our direction. We made the kids take the baby to the basement, and are waiting out the warnings glued to the TV.
Skye is luxuriating in the rain under the back deck.
More later.
UPDATE: Power went out around 10:20 AM.
UPDATE: With the rain over, (4.7 inches since midnight) at least for a while, I decided to drive down and check the boat around 11 ish. The tide was high, above astronomical highest tide, but nothing outrageous, and the water extremely muddy. The boat was fine (my boat is in the picture, but not exactly obvious):
I drove around to the beach to take a look
The storm headed north across the bay and waves breaking in front of the mouth of the harbor
Looking south, toward the gas dock, some kid out in the water trying to surf. The waves looked about 3 ft.
Looking north, lots of waves, and not much beach, with mostly clear skies everywhere but north,
After I got home, we had lunch and Georgia, Skye and I walked back down for exercise. It had calmed down quite a bit more. By the time we got home around 1 PM, the power was back on.
Not exactly the worst tropical storm we've been through here.
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