2011 FBYC Annual Meeting & Awards
Saturday, Fishing Bay Yacht Club hosted their Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner. I put together this highlight film. I also won the Blanton Bowl as the clubs top Laser sailor in home and away regattas.
Tag: Richmond VA
Richmond Virginia
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene hit this weekend and other than loosing power I’ve escaped with relatively little damage. The storm came through Saturday afternoon and evening and I spent the afternoon getting a couple of projects done (#1 & #2). I lost power at 4 pm and the rest of the evening was spent reading by camp light while watching the trees swaying in the wind. I’d point a flashlight out the window whenever I heard the thump of a branch hit the ground.
In the morning I surveyed the damage and found mostly just sticks and a few good sized limbs down. One limb caught the unused cable line and it’s hanging about 6 ft off the ground. Another branch hit the car and left a little dent on the sill above the driver door handle.
Considering the number of large trees I have I was pretty lucky not to have anything bigger come down. My next-door neighbors weren’t so lucky having a large tree fall into their yard and took down all of the lines to their house and their neighbors to the other side. It even damaged the gas line causing the Fire Department to come out at the height of the storm at 9pm to turn the gas off.
The photo below shows the backyard before and after the hurricane.
As of Sunday night I still don’t have power and Dominion Power has not yet even provided an estimate of when it would be back. So far I’ve gotten the entire front yard cleaned up, but it will probably take a few more days to clean up the much larger back yard.
RVA Earthquake – Favorite Tweets
Around 1:50 today a 5.8 magnitude Earthquake occurred about 37 miles northwest of Richmond. I was at work and no damage or injuries occurred.
The best part of the day was reading some of the funny tweets that were posted shortly after the earthquake:
Follow my tweets at @jondeutsch
2011 Kickball
We’re 4 weeks into the Kickball season. I didn’t want to play because I was nursing a sprained wrist so I sat out and took pictures. It was my first time taking action shots with the new camera and I think I got a few good ones. We may not win many games, but we have fun anyway.
Richmond Skyline – VCU GO RAMS
Richmond City Skyline from the deck of Legends with the Dominion Power building lit up with ‘VCU GO RAMS’.
Pony Pasture High Water
This afternoon the James River crested around 15 feet according to the Westham gauge. The last time the water was up past this level was January of last year where it crested around 18 feet. Here are some scenes from Pony Pasture Rapids Park and Riverside drive earlier this afternoon.
Sloppy Chops Dodgeball
Highlight film from the match between the Sloppy Chops and “A” Team in the River City Sport and Social Club Dodgeball League at the Richmond Volleyball Club on February 2, 2011.
2011 Dodgeball
Tonight was the opening game of the 2011 River City Sport and Social Club Dodgeball Season. The Sloppy Chops might have started out with a loss tonight, but we still had a fun time.
