Wednesday, September 17

Norfolk Remains Eerily Calm - It's another cloudless cool morning in southeastern Virginia. I've heard of the calm before the storm, but this is ridiculous. However, the surf's definitely up. Check out this cool site for sea conditions beamed to you from an offshore buoy directly in Isabel's path. No one is calling for an evacuation yet (well, almost no one), and I'm not too worried. Once again it looks like the southern Outer Banks will take it on the chin to blunt the force of the storm for us. We'll still get plenty of rain and wind -- how bad depends on the precise track of the storm. (Hint: things are worst immediately to the northeast of the eye.) Tune in tomorrow at suppertime for a live report from the heart of the storm (phone lines permitting).