I'm in Blacksburg for my annual schooling, I saw some pics of Richmond on the news and it looked pretty bad. I was just wondering how things are back home and if everyones alright.

 

i died. car is fine though.

 

when no one is posting b/c we have no power then you know its bad.

 

My house caught on fire and my Saleen got flooded.

 

Times-Dispatch 22 image slideshow

 

shockoe bottom got fucked big time.

 

yeah i'm in blacksburg to and from richmond area....pics def. look bad

 

my car was in 3rd floor parking deck, so it stayed dry and in the same spot

 

What gets me is the people complaining that the floodwall should have been closed. Dumbasses. Where would the water go that was flowing downhill *into* Shockoe Bottom?

Other thing that got me was that the governor never allowed the RMA to turn off the tollbooth collections. Sure, the RMA had the responsibility to notify travellers that the main tollbooth was closed, but they did not have the authority (can only be granted by governor or state legislature) to turn off collections at all other points, so U-turn people got hit twice.

Edit: Same governor that raised sales taxes to 5% (starts today) and prevented the elimination of the car tax even though taxpayers have been contributing to a huge budget surplus. Stupid democrats.

 

stupid fiscal conservatives.