Looks like they've settled on calling it Frankenstorm. I blame the national weather service office in College Park, just a few miles from here. But protesting their naming practices is about as futile as Cuchulain standing at the shore and fighting the oncoming sea...
Shaun, if the track follows the blue line below, your worries about flooding may be realized:
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Imagine all that water pushing into the Chesapeake with nowhere to go. Yikes! Now imagine being in downtown Alexandria!
For us, the flood plain of the Anacostia river is right behind our house. The riverbank itself is about sixty yards from our backyard. This whole thing could get way more exciting than I'd prefer. Quick calculations say the lip of the dam two miles downstream is below the level of our basement, but depending on my own mental calculations is obviously a fool's game. I love living close to the river. Most days...
Thanks,
Bill