Virginia Storms

"Northern Virginia woke up to power outages and scattered tree limbs and debris in roads after a powerful storm hit the area Friday night, [the areas hardest hit by the storm packed 80-mph winds], killing two people in its wake after a day of record heat. . . As of 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, the number out of power in the Northern Virginia area was about 450,000."
  
   We were some of the lucky ones.  We didn't lose power and didn't have any damage done.  Other's around us weren't so lucky.  Driving around I could see all the destruction... lots of spaghettied trees, trees that had smashed out car windows, fallen trees on houses and fences. . .  This is a tree Devin and Scott were working to clear.  Branches came down right through the roof!

      Saturday morning I went to the grocery store and there were many people there filling their carts full with ice to keep freezer items from spoiling.  My checker told me there were many people at the there to eat breakfast and some just to hang out where there was air conditioning.  When we arrived at church on Sunday about half of the members, it seemed, were still out of power!  Most of our friends power came on by Monday night, but there are still some people without.  Crazy! 

     We are so lucky and so blessed!