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I don’t know about the rest of the state, but in and around Tidewater Virginia there are a number of people that I know personally that are going to be without power for an estimated week and possibly two weeks. Two of those families are over at my house right now, and I am enjoying a reprieve from dishes and cleaning, and I get to play with their kids, the youngest being 8 months...

A gigantic Branch peeled off a very tall Poplar Tree in my neighbor’s yard and landed 6 feet away from my brand new heat pumps. Thank the Lord not a scratch. But it was close and my long standing hatred for poplar trees has been Justified. If you live in an area where you will have the occasional high winds do not plant poplar trees, they rip to pieces in winds of any velocity and they leave a total mess in the yard. After Isabel I trucked 15 truck loads (1986 Ford F-150), to the Waste Management landfill of Poplar branches alone. Yesterday this one branch took four trips. Out of nowhere the winds just hit 60 miles per hour and there’s a lot of damage in my neighborhood from tree fall.

...there are a number of people that I know personally that are going to be without power for an estimated week and possibly two weeks

I hope it doesn't take two weeks to get the power back on. Here's hoping everyone gets the electric back in Virginia quickly (even though it's cool that you get to hang out with your neighbors).

A Dominion Energy official said the vast majority of Virginia residents should have their power restored by Monday.

Many of the people in Florida may not get power for weeks and weeks, and that's just one of the big problems they've got. At least it won't get cold down there like it's done here this morning.

Thank you for taking in two families after this storm.

Glad the tree that fell did not damage anything of yours.

Michael came through my area of NC (near Raleigh) and we had many trees down an many power outages in the area. I did not personally lose any trees but near me several fell. I did not lose power but it flickered. I heard two transformers blow.

I think Virginia was hit harder than central NC.
So sorry for the deaths!