virginia: I live in virginia of course and I wanted to know how bad it willl hit va? I live in rutherglen and I'm staying at my moms boyfriends house and I'm going in his basement. He also has a generator which I'm happy about. So how bad is it going to hit my area?|||well yesturday it was over the BAHAMAS (my favorite place) and it was rank as category 3 and thats REALLY BAD. "The storm has swelled to a Category 3 hurricane with winds near 180 kph, but there are forecasts that Irene could reach Category 4 status with winds upwards of 210 km/h. In New York City, where Irene is expected on Sunday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged residents in low-lying areas to head for high ground ahead of possible evacuations." more info and images go here: http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/鈥?/a> this is a moving image. it shows where it is now.. and hwere it is heading: http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-iren鈥?/a> "Even though Irene should weaken from its Category 3 status after leaving North Carolina on Saturday, "it's a very large hurricane. it's not going to weaken very rapidly, and its effects are going to be felt along a very wide area," said meteorologist James Franklin, branch chief of the Hurricane Specialist Unit at the Hurricane Center, in a 1 p.m. briefing on Thursday. The Weather Channel predicted Thursday the Virginia area could see a Category 2 Irene with 100 mph winds on Sunday morning. All residents from the Carolinas northward through New England should be heeding advice from local officials, he said. Parts of North Carolina, especially the Outer Banks are under mandatory evacuations. Governor Bob McDonnell declared a state of emergency in Virginia in preparation for Hurricane Irene, which is anticipated to affect the Commonwealth over the weekend. Depending on the storm鈥檚 final track, there is the potential for flooding from both rainfall and storm surge in the eastern part of the state. Hurricane Irene continues to move north from the Bahamas as a Category 3 hurricane with 115-mile per hour winds today. A hurricane warning is in effect there; a watch is now in effect for North Carolina up to the border of Virginia. " http://manassaspark.patch.com/articles/h鈥?/a>|||I Felt The Virginia Earthquake The Other Day in Elkton, Maryland and Now We're Supposed to Get a Massive Hurricane, Anyone Else Loving This Weather Events ? Hahah But For Real, Virginia is Nearly Much More Close to The Mouth of The Potomic and Centered as I Am in Maryland in The Chesapeake Bay So, We Will Definatley See Some High Winds Strong Rain and Probably Power Outages and All That Good Stuff Hope its All Good Down Where You Are, Up Here in Cecil County, MD It'll Be The Same Type of Weather But, I Don't Seem To Worried about It Until I See it.|||News, said it was going to be a level 2 by the time it hits here. I live in Virginia too. But at least it's not a level 3. So that's okay :P Exactly, as 'i鈾' described the category/level two . FIRE, EARTHQUAKE, NOW THIS!!!!!! WHATA B*TCH!!!!!!!|||I live in the Hampton roads area in Virginia and its suppose to be pretty bad! The smoke is aggravating the earthquake frightened me and im worried about the hurricane! lets pray it isn't to bad|||Nobody really knows yet, not even Yahoo Answers.|||People say it's supposed to be worse than Katrina.|||Pretty damn bad|||Really there is no way of knowing for sure.... Just wait & see GOOD LUCK