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PoindexterOglethorpe

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16. Thank you.

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #15)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 11:24 PM

Sep 2021

I did talk to him a bit ago, but was focused on various astronomy things, and forgot to ask him about his weather.

He's in a PhD program in astronomy at George Mason University, and I often talk about him as My Son The Astronomer.

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How torrential rain flooded parts of the District and Arlington and Fairfax counties Thursday [View all] elleng Sep 2021 OP

Wow.....hope you are OK! OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #1

Thanks, I'm FINE, hardly had a sprinkle of rain, here in southern MD (60 miles south of DC.) elleng Sep 2021 #2

Portland would be a fine choice! Or even, Portsmouth, NH if you are flying into Logan and renting OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #3

Thanks. DRIVING from MD. elleng Sep 2021 #4

Good news on driving. Stay on 95 North! OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #5

Been thinking more than one night in Portland, elleng Sep 2021 #7

You could peel off onto 89N (?) in Hartford, CT and see Vermont, then take Rte 2 across NH OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #10

OH GOODNESS, my HEART, a big part of which is in Vermont! elleng Sep 2021 #11

Burlington is a very cool place. Lots of hi-tech engineering in that town. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #12

Rhode Island's Watch Hill Beach if you want some sea air. empedocles Sep 2021 #6

Thanks. elleng Sep 2021 #8

Uh, oh. My son lives in Fairfax County, not far from PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #9

He should be fine, I am right down the street bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #15

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #16

It was insanely wild yesterday IronLionZion Sep 2021 #13

Looked AWFUL. elleng Sep 2021 #14

Marines in dress uniforms trudging through floodwaters on Columbia Pike to help stranded motorist mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #17

Severe flooding in the Braddock Road Metro neighborhood, Alexandria, VA, 16 Sept 2021 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #18