Rising retention pond costs concern Hampton homeowners
HAMPTON – Storm water retention ponds are a common feature in subdivisions across Hampton Roads. But increased maintenance bills are alarming one homeowners association, leading to an unsuccessful request for the city to help with costs.
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Rising retention pond costs concern Hampton homeowners
Why didn’t Virginia reverse traffic on I-64 before Hurricane Irene?
As Hurricane Irene barreled this way in late August as a Category 3 storm, it seemed Virginia might finally employ a tactic contemplated for years by emergency management officials: reversing traffic on eastbound Interstate 64 to ease congestion from residents fleeing the storm.
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Why didn’t Virginia reverse traffic on I-64 before Hurricane Irene?
Why didn’t Virginia reverse traffic on I-64 before Hurricane Irene?
As Hurricane Irene barreled this way in late August as a Category 3 storm, it seemed Virginia might finally employ a tactic contemplated for years by emergency management officials: reversing traffic on eastbound Interstate 64 to ease congestion from residents fleeing the storm.
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Why didn’t Virginia reverse traffic on I-64 before Hurricane Irene?
Too soon to tell hurricane’s path
Hurricane Irene’s path remained a mystery Tuesday afternoon as meteorologists from the National Weather Service office in Wakefield monitored the storm. Some models place the hurricane coming right through Hampton Roads.
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Too soon to tell hurricane’s path
Photos: Navy ships begin returning to Hampton Roads
The dozens of Navy ships that left Hampton Roads to avoid Hurricane Irene began returning to their piers Tuesday. In all, 55 ships and submarines were moved because of the storm. Twenty-seven were ordered out to sea from Norfolk Naval Station and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. An additional 28, most of them under repair, were relocated to protective berths.
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Photos: Navy ships begin returning to Hampton Roads
Navy ships begin returning to Hampton Roads
The dozens of Navy ships that left Hampton Roads to avoid Hurricane Irene began returning to their piers Tuesday. In all, 55 ships and submarines were moved because of the storm. Twenty-seven were ordered out to sea from Norfolk Naval Station and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. An additional 28, most of them under repair, were relocated to protective berths.
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McDonnell: Irene downgrade doesn’t reduce threat
RICHMOND The downgrade of Hurricane Irene’s expected force and the storm’s shifting trajectory farther off land doesn’t lessen its potential to cause serious damage in Hampton Roads and elsewhere, said Gov. Bob McDonnell, who continues to urge people to prepare for the worst.
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McDonnell: Irene downgrade doesn’t reduce threat
9:31 p.m.: | Hurricane Irene update: Storm surge could be worse than Isabel
As Hurricane Irene moved through Hampton Roads, Gov. Bob McDonnell said flooding from the storm could be worse than that from Isabel in 2003.
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9:31 p.m.: | Hurricane Irene update: Storm surge could be worse than Isabel
Hurricane Irene update: Storm surge could be worse than Isabel
As Hurricane Irene moved through Hampton Roads, Gov. Bob McDonnell said flooding from the storm could be worse than that from Isabel in 2003.
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Hurricane Irene update: Storm surge could be worse than Isabel
Irene lashes Hampton Roads area on Virginia coast with hurricane force winds; moving NNE
MIAMI – Forecasters say Hurricane Irene is lashing the Hampton Roads region along the coast of Virginia with hurricane force winds. Irene’s sustained winds on Saturday night are blowing at 80 mph and the storm is moving north-northeast still on a path to New England on Sunday.
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Irene lashes Hampton Roads area on Virginia coast with hurricane force winds; moving NNE
