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Shore Drive Area Takes A Beating - November '09 Nor'easter

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Alliance - Referral Co.

This has to be the worst storm I have seen flooding wise, since I moved to Virginia Beach in the late 1970's.  A strong Northeaster, remnants of TS Ida, pounded Virginia Beach from November 11th through November 13th, 2009.  Massive tidal flooding occurred in the Lynnhaven River Basin along with endless heavy rain, winds up to 70 mph, and unprecedented Chesapeake Bay wave action.  This combination led to the worst storm in years.

Bubba's 2 Hours Before High Tide  Wind Waves in Chick's Oyster Bar's Parking Lot

    Bubba's Crab House was substantially flooded.             Surf's up at Chick's Oyster Bar

 

Duck In  Shore Drive

              The old Duck-In site on Friday                         Flooding on Shore Drive Thursday afternoon

 

 Whaler  Whaler Piece

    My old Boston Whaler rides it out (in water right of center)             This one wasn't as lucky!

 

Cape Story By The Sea Beach  Cape Story By The Sea Beach

Cape Story Beach access ramp at Sandalwood Road    Part of same ramp a couple miles down beach

 

Beach Cart Boat  Tree on Boat

                      Boat ride down street                             My neighbor's boat unfortunately took a tree

 

Link To Mark's Shore Drive Blog 

Click above to visit the Shore Drive Blog

 

All photos courtesy of Mark A. Moore

 

Comments (7)

Bob & Carolin Benjamin
Benjamin Realty LLC - Gold Canyon, AZ
East Phoenix Arizona Homes

Oh my -- those photos look grim -- all the best.

Nov 13, 2009 04:20 AM
Mark A. Moore
RE/MAX Alliance - Referral Co. - Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Beach Real Estate

Hi Bob & Carolin,  Thanks.  It looks like we'll have at least one more big high tide tonight.  -Mark

Nov 13, 2009 08:13 AM
Kay Van Kampen
RE/MAX Broker, RE/MAX - Springfield, MO
Realtor®, Springfield Mo Real Estate

Mark, I know Shore Drive well.  Hope the clean up goes well.

Nov 13, 2009 12:28 PM
Troy Pappas
Safe House Property Inspections - Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Beach Home Inspector

It is going to take sometime to cleanup after this one. Great pics. Just shows that we can only protect ourselves so much when mother nature comes calling.

Nov 14, 2009 06:24 AM
Gene Allen
Fathom Realty - Cary, NC
Realty Consultant for Cary Real Estate

The tides were the biggest part of the flooding in most places.  There was a lot of rain but not the heaviest we had.

Nov 14, 2009 10:48 PM
Joe Colón, Jr.
Jenny L Colón, PC - Chesapeake, VA

This was INSANE! I live in Chesapeake and we had some pretty bad flooding ourselves and couldn't leave the house for 3 days because of it. 

Jan 07, 2010 08:38 AM
Mark A. Moore
RE/MAX Alliance - Referral Co. - Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Beach Real Estate

Lets keep our fingers crossed this year!

Nov 04, 2010 10:22 AM