Hurricane Isabel hit the Richmond area pretty hard. Christine, Yukon, and I made it through pretty well -- we'd gotten together an emergency kit back when orange alerts were something to be noted, I picked up some ice prior to the storm, and we'd gotten a new grill earlier this summer. Nonetheless, when we looked around in the days after Isabel, we saw some pretty remarkable things, a lot of which are captured here.

Please keep in mind that Christine and I didn't go more than a couple of miles from our house for any of these pictures. Most were right in our neighborhood. Those of you looking at these from afar should keep in mind that the things you see in these photos were pretty common all over Richmond (and even beyond that-- all over Virginia and North Carolina).

• Restricted access to our neighborhood on Atlee Station Rd
  
• Tree vs. power line & pole: tree wins
  
• A tree is an unwelcome guest in this house on Atlee Station Rd
  
• Kim & Rob's new dog in our flooded back yard
  
• Our street becomes a parking lot
  
• Removing one of 2 large branches from our roof
  
• Yukon examining of the large branches after it had been removed from our roof
  
• A big tree in our yard - uprooted & leaning (cross your fingers)
  
• A small power line behind our house - down and in the water
  
• Our neighbor's yard
  
• A relatively small tree at a house on Ashking (a street in our neighborhood)
  
• This tree does the splits at a house on Gerljean (a street in our neighborhood)
  
• A big tree blocks off Ashking
  
• A tree across the street from our house
  
• Falling trees don't respect fences or houses
  
• Yet another tree on a house in our neighborhood
  
• A couple of stores at a local plaza taking no chances
  
• The view down the County easement / private driveway behind our house
  
• Our flooded yard and shed
  
• Another view of the new 'Lake Rinker'
  
• Yes, the water in our back yard really is deep
  
• Those who didn't get a whole tree in their yard got pieces
  

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