[edwin hubble]

"At 10:30 a.m., Dominion Virginia Power reports the following outages: 19,800 on the Peninsula;

You'll have to forgive me."

Geography of S.E. Virginia:

The Peninsula (abbreviated from Lower Peninsula)
runs from Williamsburg to Hampton, the land between the James and the York rivers. Newport News, Hampton, York County, Poquoson.

(Middle Peninsula lies between the Rappahannock and the York rivers. Northern Neck lies between Rappahannock and Potomac rivers).

The more general term "Tidewater" could refer to anything from the ocean to the fall line.

The term "Hampton Roads" includes the cities of Newport News, Hampton, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Va. Beach. (even though Virginia Beach doesn't touch body of water Hampton Roads -- the confluence of the estuaries of the James, Elizabeth and Nansemond Rivers).

Eastern Shore is the counties on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay. Accomac and Northampton.

[Gabz]

Appreciate the Geography lesson.

I live in Accomac county, which I know is the Eastern Shore - but it is also the lower portion of the DelMarVa Peninsula - which is shortened to just the Peninsula - oarticularly by those of us from Delaware. LOL!!!