[U S Army EOD]

That area will be faced with massive power outages because of the trees getting knocked down on lines. I have a feeling that the damage is going to be extremely servere and widespread that it will take a long time to recover.

The areas where Andrew hit, never recovered since so much of the infrastructure was destroyed. Very few people rebuilt. This is going to be a rough one and I wish you guys the best.

I am sure the rest of the country will pitch in to help. I just hope the Democrats don't try to make some political gain out of this. They are shameless and low life enough to try.

[Heatseeker]

I do the web sites for several rural electric utilities in MD and VA and I am emailing them tonight advising they put up hurricane preparedness pages (I'm mocking one up now) Monday & Tuesday - because once the storm hits most people won't be able to read them :)

[11th_VA]

We just got hit with some bad thunderstorms about two weeks ago that left parts of Chevy CHase, Takoma Park, and Bethesad Maryland without power for days. Those people don't like to cut their trees, then they complain when the lights go out - can't have it both ways.

BTW - You probably spent time in Indian Head ???