[Cautor]

I rode out the storm at my home in Tidewater VA. The trees surrounding my house were bent nearly double in some of the gusts last evening. The worst was from about 8 PM til midnight, when the constant cracking of trees could be heard. The driveway to my house, about 1/3 mile through some pine and hard woods, was littered with fallen trees this morning. One, a huge 200 year old oak, had also fallen across the drive. Lots of work to do now to get it all cleared away. The devastation from the wind in terms of down trees is amazing.

[expatpat]

We have a home on the Chesapeake Bay. The waves came over the rip-rap rocks, onto the lawn, and almost reached the house. No damage to the house, but my pier (and my neighbor's) are on my lawn. My other neighbors lost at least part of their piers, and three or four boats up on lifts were lost. Wow! we were lucky!