well, just to show just how strong Isabel was...

[Zech Marquis]

I just saw some video footage of Lnagley AFB in Hamton, VA...th base is below sea level, and they got smased big time.As in, major, major flooding--some huge trees ying in the Co's frontyard, streets flooded by 3 to5 ft water, floded hangars,office buildings...gone for now. I think more info is at www.wvec.com

[cosmicdot]

1. photos at the Va Pilot online

one of my late uncles worked at Langley when NASA was doing the Mercury Project

http://www.hamptonroads.com/stories/br091903isapix3.html

The Lynnhaven Fishing Pier in Virginia Beach sags at its end is pummeled by waves from the Chesapeake Bay during the early stages of Hurricane Isabel's assault. Photo by Vicki Cronis / The Virginian-Pilot


http://www.hamptonroads.com/stories/br0918vbpix.html

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=59958&ran=154688



http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=59982&ran=125940
Water on Friday fills a new inlet opened on Hatteras Island near the community of Frisco, N.C., as a result of Hurricane Isabel.