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BEGINS TODAY.
IT DOES.DA
OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES
IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
SANDY BROUGHT HIGH WINDS AND BIG
WAVES TO THE OCEAN FRONT. T
SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSESO
AFFECTED MORE THAN OTHERS.
ART KOHN HAS BEEN COVERING THE B
STORM FROM THE BEACH THE LAST
FOUR DAYS.
I'M BY 1st STREET AT
GROMMET ISLAND PLAYGROUND WHEREG
SANDY LEFT HER MARK.T
THIS IS COVERED IN SAND. I
MINOR DAMAGE IN THE GRAND SCHEMD
OF THINGS.ND
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT WAS THER
CASE FOR THE BEACH FRONT HOMES
IN SANDBRIDGE, MOST OF THEM
SUFFERING MINOR DAMAGE.ER
HOWEVER, SEEMS EVERY STORM HITS
ONE PLACE DIFFERENT THAN THEE
OTHER AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR ONE
SANDBRIDGE FAMILY, SHE CHOSEMI
THEM TO MAKE THE POINT.AKE
AS WE APPROACHED THE FRONT DOOR
OF A BEACH FRONT HOME NAMED
LUNASEA, WHAT WE SAW INSIDE WASE
CRAZY.
CAME INTO THE HOUSE.IN
SANDY RIPPED THE DOUBLE DOOR
OFF THE BACK ENTRANCE LEAVING A
SQUARE HOLE IN THE VACATION HOMH
OF DON TOMLIN.
WE WERE HERE LAST WEEK,
BEAUTIFUL, LAYING ON LOUNGEGE
CHAIRS.
UNTIL SANDY ARRIVED.
THE TOMLINS HAD SEEN THE REPORTL
ABOUT THE APPROACHING STORM BUTN
LIKE MANY NEIGHBORS, DECIDED NOT
TO BOARD UP THE PROPERTY.
THE STORM SURGE ALWAYS
CONCERNED ME.
WITH THEOR HURRICANE BEING H
350 MILES OUT, I DIDN'T THINK IS
WOULD BE QUITE THIS BAD,
OBVIOUSLY.
FOR MOST, IF NOT ALL OF HIS
NEIGHBORS, IT WASN'T.
FROM WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED SO
FAR, A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGE
OCCURRED.
GOING THROUGH HURRICANE
ISABELLE SEVEN YEARS AGO, I
WASN'T EXPECTING THIS.
THIS IS
HEARTBREAKING TO HIS
WIFE MICHELLE WHO LOVES THEIR
BEACH FRONT HOME OF 13 YEARS.
A PERIOD OF TIME LONG ENOUGH FOR
HER TO KNOW THIS LIFESTYLE IS
NOT WITHOUT RISK.
IT'S LIKE A DOUBLE-EDGED
SWORD.
WHEN YOU LIVE NEAR THE OCEAN,
YOU GET THE BEAUTIFUL END BUT
IT'S ALSO VERY DANGEROUS.
I GUESS YOU SAW HOW DANGEROUS IT
COULD BE.US
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MICHELLE
AND HER HUSBAND SAY THEY'RE
GOING TO FIXAY THE DAMAGE BECAUE
THEY'RE NOT LEIGH.
THEY LOVE LIVING THERE.
LILL ISLAND PARK SOUTH OF WHEREH
THE TOMLINS LIVE WAS DAMAGED AND
THAT PLACE IS CLOSED UNTIL
REPAIRS CAN BE MADE AND WE'LLR
LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS THEY LE
US KNOW WHEN THAT'S DONE AND THE
PARK REOPENS.