Well the roof didn't cave in. And the windows didn't shatter, so that's a plus. I finally roused myself to walk around and take a look at what's happened. We lost two trees in front of the building, one ripping up the sidewalk something fierce. Strolled to Georgetown to look at the river, supposedly lapping at the doors of the restaurants on the waterfront. It'd gone down to a few inches below the docks, but the high water mark could be seen way up grounds. They dropped big sea walls in front of the restaurants to prevent flooding. Rather impressive, really. The other thing I wanted to see was the C&O Canal which I expected to be raging, but in fact had been shut off far upstream, and emptied down into the Potomac. Surprising, but sensible, to keep it from overflowing its banks. There have been recent problems with erosion during recent heavy storms.

Overall the impression seems to be one of anti-climacticism - 'was that it?' Far worse was forecasted. Of course, I don't live in Virginia and I won't not have power for days and days. I don't envy them at all.