If I heard the news report correctly, NC death toll now 3 from Irene.
Showing Obama at FEMA HQ per Weather Channel...
Yes, that is what the Hampton Roads news is saying, although they are still trying to confirm the 3rd.
OH and I just read that Piers Morgan on CNN asked VA Gov. Bob McDonnell if he was concerned about NYC. HUH? Id the man an idiot. This storm is hanging out on the VA coast and he asks the VA Governor about NYC? I’m so glad I don’t have cable.
Source of article (and I dunno if we have to excerpt blog posts from newspapers or not, but I did)
The first two deaths from Hurricane Irene, and a potential third, were reported in North Carolina...
A man in Nash County, N.C., was reported killed by a falling tree limb outside his home Saturday morning, local authorities said. On Friday, a man installing plywood on the window of his home in Onslow County, N.C., died of a heart attack, said Ernie Seneca of the North Carolina Emergency Management office in Raleigh.
Meanwhile, authorities in New Hanover County were searching for a third man who either fell or jumped into the Cape Fear River on Friday as the first, outer bands of the storm began to ravage the area. A rescue team was sent out to find the man, but it had to be brought back in due to the rough conditions, according to Michelle Harrell, an emergency operations staff member there."