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Mon, 29 Oct 2012

Sandy starts to show up
As the barometer drops, Robert and I decided to venture out. It may be a while before we feel like going out again.

The rain was coming down steadily but not in buckets. And the wind was clearly there, but not so much that it really bothered you — though Robert did not like it blowing into his face.

And the gutters were starting to fill up a bit — all the leaves coming down is not helping at all. I expect to see some flooding on Commonwealth Avenue later on.

We took a stroll by Hoof’s Run to see how it was doing. It’s still clearly within its banks.

Hoofs Run is the creek, now mostly underground, that runs behind our backyard. A couple blocks away, it has a channel exposed to the sun so you can peek at it.

Normally it’s just a trickle, now it is making progress towards the sides of the channel.

And then we stopped by the Blue Park. For reference: slides, even small ones, can be faster when wet (and you’re wearing wet rain pants and jacket). And the corkscrew slide that ends in a large puddle, well… let Robert tell you about it sometime.

PS: Unrelated footnote: Dominion Virginia Power is starting to show outages in Northern Virginia.

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