Today Will Be the Test - Northeaster Pounds Norfolk Region

We made it through this morning's hide tide, but this afternoon will be worse. The law office is closed today due to flooding in downtown Norfolk and the Ghent area and we are moving furniture and rugs to the second floor of the Hampton house. We hope to have one of the boyfriend's clients deliver some sand while the water subsides for low tide and we will then sand bag the doors to the house which was surrounded by water at high tide at 6:00AM. Since the house has conctrete and brick walls, hopefully we can minimize the amount of water that gets into the first floor. We had an inch or two of water in the garage earlier and the back patio was mostly covered by an inch of water. If the tide hits another foot more higher around 6;00PM today, the creek will literally cover this part of the street and we are likely to have water get into the first floor. Please say a prayer to God, Allah, the Earth Mother or whoever to spare us from a repeat of 2003 when the house suffered $70,000 in damage.

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A slide show of photos from the area can be viewed here.