Sadly those are different houses. The one through the window is particularly scary.
Temperatures are interesting today. It has been really dry in west central VA, and sure enough it is 97 at CHO and Culpeper. 95 BWI, 94 IAD, and 91 in the new icebox at DCA.
Two things that really strike me other than the obvious. Leaf parts pasted to cars/garage doors/etc. And even low things in my garden are blown over.
The good part is that this was localized enough that cleanup is already going quick. Power was only out for 4 hours here and the tree companies are blanketing the neighborhood.
I do feel for my neighbors about 5 houses away who had their AC unit smashed. The upcoming 105-110 HI is going to be rough. They may just bail out of town, though.
I think I’ve seen enough to say that this was the biggest storm to hit my immediate neighborhood in decades (better than the derecho). Two houses with direct hits, one down the street from me and one a block over. Branches down and leaf parts sticking to everything. I bet we went 70+.
It is always hard to compare, but I think this was the best storm in my yard in the 12 years I’ve lived here (caveat - I missed the derecho). Big branches down next door and across the street. Highest wind gust on my anemometer (probably was higher in the March wind event, but no power). This one combined with the July 1st tornadic storm is a solid one-two punch this year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/30/oak-mites-bite-cicadas-dc/
If you don’t get the Post, you can Google and there are tons of stories out there now.
So, at the moment we have a dousing from the Euro and temps in the low 70s, the NAM and GFS have a glancing blow with minimal rain, but clouds that keep it to 80 or less, and the HRRR is a whiff and we are upper 80s.