A historic storm is bearing down on Southeast Virginia and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Don't know what a nor'easter is? ...look it up...or move to the east coast.

Anyways, the past couple of days the Hampton Roads area has been POUNDED with a very powerful nor'easter. It was spawned up from the remnants of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Ida.

The storm has wreaked havoc to the entire area. Down towards Nags Head, the beaches there have practically eroded away. Which has led to damage to houses along the coast. Even instances where entire houses have floated away. Farther north, Virginia Beach took a hard hit. The beach there has washed over, and roads everywhere have flooded.

In Norfolk, where I am supposed to be seeing Brand New with Thrice and Crime in Stereo Friday night, many on-ramps leading into the city have been closed. There has been widespread tidal flooding in addition to the flooding from the rain. Norfolk has also received the full force of the winds which have came from this storm, gusting up to 70mph!

Where I live, York County, the effects from flooding have been less, but no less potent. The winds at about 5pm Thursday were so terrible, I was worried that a tree would fall on my house at any point. Due to the weather, school has been closed Thursday and Friday. Our hillbilly neighbors to the north of us in Poquoson received probably the worst of the tidal flooding throughout Hampton Roads. Flood levels in some places reaching over 7 1/2 feet!

I'm very lucky, over 150,000 people have lost power in Hampton Roads, and fortunately, I am not one of them. If I go to my window now, the wind is still howling, and the rain is still coming down. This has been going on for the past 2 days. And in case you're worried, I'm actually in an area that is relatively safe from any kind of flooding.

Check out some photos I took this afternoon from my backyard just before it got dark.
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RIP birdhouse:
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(Note, this damage/flooding is insignificant compared to what's going on across the rest of the area)

To get a real idea of how bad this storm is check out these photos (Not by me.): [link]

That's it for tonight. Look for another update tomorrow with more photos.