Idalia

"The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for Thursday for Hampton Roads and the surrounding areas, forecasting gusts of 40 to 50 mph from Tropical Storm Idalia."  "NWS issued coastal flood warnings for the areas south of Wachepreague including the lower Chesapeake Bay, James River, and York River."  This storm track was unlike any I remember, hitting Florida at the top of the peninsula, then slicing across Georgia and returning to the Atlantic near the border of North and South Carolina where it's predicted to arc to the South, then hook around over Bermuda.  We are somewhat sheltered behind the Outer Banks, but getting plenty of wind and rain.  Despite that, a Carolina wren was back trying to get into the dish that usually holds mealworms.  The hibiscus flower was blown nearly inside out.  High tide flowed over the dock but not as high as I feared.  A white breasted nuthatch ventured out after the rain stopped.  Even though the sky began to clear late in the day, it was hard to get the camera to focus through the rain streaks and the tree detritus on the windows.