Locals woke this morning and cast a wary eye on downed trees and damaged roofs—the results of the previous night’s blustery winds, with gusts up to 50 mph. Some locals also woke to find themselves out of power. According to the Daily Progress, 2,800 Dominion Virginia customers lost electricity because of the wind. But the all-knowing weather.com promises that we’ve seen the last of the blasts. And it could have been worse: The wind is a remnant of the big snowstorm that [choose your verb: hammered? pounded? blanketed?] the Northeast over the weekend, and those people are hurting, what with up to 20" of snow and temperatures in the teens. Makes a blinking alarm clock seem tame by comparison.
Previous "This Just In" articles from this week:
How it works [December 16]
The New York Times Book Review finds Jennifer Ackerman’s Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream accessible and revealing
Don’t meddle with his pedals [December 15]
Local cyclist competes in Kansas City
Born gentle [December 14]
Former C-VILLE staff writer shows a pit bull the love
Deeds runs for governor [December 13]
Says he will continue common sense approach
Highway to hell [December 13]
Grim growth patterns for Virginia
Love in the time of Sheffield [December 12]
Love is a Mixtape author to return to town
Long an All-American [December 12]
Wanted: One large trophy case
Jefferson’s descendants killed, wounded in Colorado shootings [December 12]
David Works has tried to reach across the racial divide of TJ’s legacy
Squirrel shuts down Charlottesville [December 11]
Little critter gets fried
