[mojitojoe]

For sure, those 20-45 MPH winds are horrendous. I take it you never went through a real hurricane like an Andrew, Camille or Katrina.

[dirtboy]

Look, twerp, first of all, this storm has Cat 3 pressure. Which means it won't lose strength as it comes up the coast. Tree falls will block roads and cause widespread power outages - won't take Cat 3 winds to do that, 70 mph wind gusts are more than capable of knocking down large trees that are fully leafed out.

Second, it is huge and will push the surge of a Cat 3 into back bays and will throw very high surf on top of that surge into barrier islands.

And it will dump a tremendous amount of rain into an area already saturated, and is a major freshwater flood threat.

Folks like me who live in the region understand this is a serious hazard. You might not be impressed. I don't care. We are well aware that this storm will be damaging and highly disruptive. So take your petulant crap and stuff it.

[VirginiaMom]

Considering I live in POWHATAN, VA.....not even IN a Tropical Storm Warning area and we have had 40mph winds off and on all day I’d say this is pretty horrendous! I am not even in a WATCH area, just on the west side of Richmond.

I cannot even imagine what it must be like for folks who are in the middle of this storm if this is what I am experiencing. Trees are down all over the place here. It’s a mess.