Hurricane Irene: At this hour
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Updated: Saturday, 27 Aug 2011, 4:07 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 27 Aug 2011, 12:20 AM EDT
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - A timeline of updates as Hurricane Irene heads toward the East Coast:
3:50 p.m. - (AP) - Officials say there have been more Irene related deaths in Virginia.Virginia Department of Emergency Management spokesman Bob Spieldenner says a tree fell on a car in Brunswick County and killed someone inside the vehicle.
3:30 p.m. - Virginia Beach officials want residents to remember ALL bayfront and oceanfront beaches are closed. They are extremely dangerous to be on at this time. Swimming and wading are prohibited until further notice.
3:15 p.m. - Sentara Norfolk General Hospital will go into lockdown status at 5 p.m. All visitors will be asked to leave and keep in touch with their loved ones through electronic means. Visitor hours will resume Sunday at noon.
2:30 p.m. - (AP/WAVY) -The 11-year -old boy missing from an apartment complex in Newport News has been confirmed dead.
2 p.m. - The storm is now 95 miles south of Norfolk.
1:45 p.m. - Crews are searching for a child between the ages of 9 and 11 after a tree fell on a two-story apartment building.
12:30 p.m. - Two are confirmed dead in North Carolina. One person died in a vehicle crash in Pitt County, while a Nash County man is dead after a branch fell on him.
12:10 p.m. - NOAA reaffirms concerns possible storm surge levels in the Lynnhaven River to be six to seven feet above normal, comparing them to 2009 Nor’easter levels.
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Those deaths were all caused bu people being outside messing around in bad weather. All preventable. If I went outside and bathed my on my veranda, during a bad thunderstorm and lightning struck me, who would be to blame? The bad storm or my stupidity? Tree limbs fall all of the time in the winter up north. They kill people sometimes, you just don’t hear about it because it’s not a big, bad scary storm with a real name.
I know you got scared in a hurricane that caused you to leave FL and I know some people just cannot handle them. Evacuation is an option that we always take advantage of. If they issue a mandatory evacuation, we leave. Sometimes we even leave when it’s not mandatory just because my wife hates to deal with the wind, noise, can’t let the dogs out to go to the bathroom, etc.
Thanks, Star...nice to see you here. :)
Thanks Star!