Our local news WJZ has only the Eastern Shore of VA, MD and DE and the Eastern side of the Bay receiving the heavy winds and rain.
While there are power outages the DC area, Dulles Airport is located further west AWAY from the hardest hit areas.
News has this as a very slow moving storm [10 mph] which is why the rain is heavy. The satellite image of this storm shows it to be the size of Texas!
The GOOD NEWS is the tides are going OUT and the much feared storm surge [as with Isabelle] bringing heavy flooding when the tides turn is NOT going to happen with Irene--thank heavens for small favors!
By lunchtime Sunday the little miss should be out of the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula!
So breathe easier, she's not in the hard hit area!
P.S. I used to live in Tyngsboro and know Lowell well! Miss the park that runs along the river--used to walk it with my kids all the time!