Greenfield / Afton
Nelson County, VA
The Rockfish Valley Community Center took it outside this past weekend for their Celebrate Rockfish fundraiser. It was sort of a combined festival with plenty of fun, food, and music!It also included a cash raffle drawing.
Want to become a member at The Rockfisn Valley Community Center, click here for more info! It’s easy and fun!
Nelson County, VA
Anemometers and coffee beans. Ahhhhhhh!
Your weather. Your coffee.
More. Coming soon.
Tyro
Nelson County, Virginia
Generations of the late Major Thomas Massie gathered Saturday, June 28th 2014 at Pharsalia. They came from all over the country to reconnect and share family stories during the reunion. Major Massie lived from 1747 to 1834. Pharsalia was built by Major Massie in 1814 as wedding gift to his son William.
The reunion was one of several events being held this year to commemorate the 200 year anniversary of the plantation located in Southwestern Nelson County, Virginia.
See more of the events planned for later this year by clicking here.
Near Nellysford
Nelson County, VA
We’ve been telling you about Bold Rock Hard Cider since the beginning. This past Saturday June 28, 2014, the cidery celebrated its 2nd anniversary here in Nelson County. In less than two years the hard cider company has already outgrown the current capacity and will soon open a new processing facility along with a new area for visitors to enjoy Bold Rock along with light dining.
Kim tells us that Bold Rock plans to open the new addition later this summer.
We. Can’t. Wait!
Happy Birthday Bold Rock!
Wintergreen / Stoney Creek
Nelson County, VA
From Curtis Sheets, Wintergreen Fire & Rescue Chief / Deputy Director of WPOA:
The single most frequent request from owners each year is the implementation of an improved method for communicating real-time information with the owners. Not coincidentally one of the most frequent requests from our Police and Fire/Rescue Department each year has been a way to contact owners immediately who may be in harms way. So many avenues have been explored to include community virtual blackboards and even drone sirens. We feel we have finally found the silver bullet.
WPOA has contracted with “Everbridge” incorporated to provide a mass-notification system. Soon you will receive an invitation to visit our Everbridge site to customize your notification information. The system will notify you in up to 17 different ways. If you want every member of your family to receive a text message, email, and phone message when a wildfire is headed your way, this system can do that. Unlike our mass email system Everbridge can make contact with all 4,000 owners in approximately 10 minutes, as compared to the several hour long wait we had been experiencing. You’re in control of how and when we will contact you. Any change you make to your information at the Everbridge website will be effective as soon as you press send.
All messages will begin with either “This is a priority message” or “This is a non-priority message” from the Wintergreen Property Owners Association. An example of a non-priority message may be “Due to a power outage, the Chestnut Springs Pool must remain closed today” while an example of a priority message may be “The National Weather Service is predicting 80-90 mph straight line winds this evening, all owners are encouraged to secure your property immediately.”
You get to determine which messages you receive, and you can make changes as often as you like. If you’re working in DC then you probably don’t care about pool closings at Wintergreen, but if you’re vacationing at your Wintergreen home for a week, then you may opt to turn on all non-priority messages.
If you aren’t tech savvy, that’s just fine. We have a plan for you. Soon all of the Fire/Rescue staff will be trained and able to walk you through the data entry. All you will need to do is stop by either station and ask for assistance. The Fire/Rescue staff (provided they aren’t on a 911 call) will enter your data for you. When we launch the system, all owners will be uploaded at once using the information we currently have on file. When you log in you will simply be verifying we have your info the way you want us to. Even if you don’t ever log on, you will still get emergency messages at the phone number and email address, which is currently on file.
This system is complex enough that any of our managers can open the site on a smart phone, place their finger on the map in the location of a hazard and tell the system to send an evacuation notice to all owners within 1.5 miles. In an instant, all owners in that area will know there’s a problem.
This is a very powerful tool, and certainly an enhancement to the service we provide as your property owners association. We’re proud of the work our staff has done to find, tweak, and learn this system for you, and we hope you will be as pleased as we are.
Nelson County, VA
8:20 PM
Power starting to return for many @mycvec customers: Wheelers Cove, Rhue Hollow. Winterhaven. Afton. Beech Grove. On.
8PM via CVEC:
“CVEC crews found a tree on the power line. They have cleared it away and are preparing to re-energize the line. Unless there are other fault locations. power should be restored to the majority of those affected by this outage.”
Original post:
Reports of power being out at Wintergreen first started coming in Thursday afternoon around 5:30 to BRL. After a Facebook post we began getting reports of power out in Nellysford, Faber, Afton, Greenfield, and beyond. “Stagebridge Road near the animal shelter has no power,” Patricia Newton Ashley told us on our Facebook Page. “Rockfish Depot Out,” Kevin Rose added from East Nelson. In all we had over 20 reports from various locations where power is out as of 5:43 PM Thursday.
“CVEC lost a 115 KV transmission line that runs from the Midway Substation south of Crozet to the Martins store substation, which feeds the substations serving Wintergreen resort. Crews are patrolling the line to identify the fault location,” Greg Kelly with CVEC told us just before 6PM.
Shipman
Afton
Faber
Nellysford
Rockfish
Just some of the places mentioned we know are out.
Here’s a link ti the outage map via CVEC: http://www.outageentry.com/dvOSM/dvOSM2.php?Client=cvec
No info as to why it’s out thus far.
More as we know.
Lovingston
Nelson County, VA
Molly & Natalie Lynch aren’t sitting by waiting for a solution. They are the solution! The youngsters have been spotted on Front Street in Lovingston near the post office, selling lemonade to cool the spirits of people passing by on these hot Virginia days leading up to the official start of summer this weekend!
Now this is our kind of story.
Way to go Molly & Natalie!
Temps this week will be hot, mid & upper 90’s! And to boot the head index will be even higher. That’s the feel like temperature when you combine the heat and humidity.
The chart above from our friends over at The Virginia Weather Network shows you just how hot it will be.
Stay cool, as best you can!
Schuyler
Nelson County, VA
We’ve been telling you about Earl Hamner, Jr’s most recent visit to Nelson County. He was back here during the shooting af a documentary on his life called Storyteller. The film is still in production. It will be released later this year or early 2015 by all indications. Read more about that in our upcoming July issue.
As part of the promotion about the upcoming documentary, a series of reflections appear on The Storyteller Facebook Page from time to time.
The one below is about Father’s Day. An appropriate one for this Sunday.
Click here or on See More below the photo to read it all.
Enjoy!
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Statement as of 7:42 PM EDT on May 27, 2014
The National Weather Service has cancelled Severe Thunderstorm
Watch 190 for the following areas
In Maryland this cancels 8 counties
In central Maryland
Howard Montgomery
In north central Maryland
Carroll Frederick Washington
In northern Maryland
Baltimore Harford
In western Maryland
Allegany
In Virginia this cancels 14 counties
In central Virginia
Albemarle Greene Nelson
In northern Virginia
Loudoun
In northwest Virginia
Clarke Frederick Madison
Page Rappahannock Shenandoah
Warren
In western Virginia
Augusta Highland Rockingham
In West Virginia this cancels 8 counties
In northeast West Virginia
Berkeley Grant Hampshire
Hardy Jefferson Mineral
Morgan Pendleton
In Maryland this cancels 1 independent city
In northern Maryland
Baltimore City
In Virginia this cancels 5 independent cities
In central Virginia
Charlottesville
In northwest Virginia
City of Harrisonburg City of Winchester
In western Virginia
City of Staunton City of Waynesboro
This includes the cities of…Aberdeen…Bayard…Bel Air…
Berryville…Charles Town…Charlottesville…Columbia…
Cumberland…Edgewood…Elk Garden…Fallston…Fort Ashby…
Franklin…Frederick…Front Royal…Gaithersburg…Greenfield…
Hagerstown…Harrisonburg…Havre de Grace…Joppatowne…
Keyser…Leesburg…Luray…Madison…Martinsburg…Monterey…
Moorefield…Mount Storm…Paw Paw…Petersburg…Romney…
Stanardsville…Staunton…Sterling…Strasburg…Towson…
Washington…Waynesboro…Westminster…Winchester and Woodstock.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 281
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 281
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
325 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MARYLAND
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
VIRGINIA
FAR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM
UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE VIRGINIA TO 55 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
RICHMOND VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 279…WW 280…
DISCUSSION…SCATTERED MULTICELL/SOME SUPERCELL STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY MODERATE TO
STRONG INSTABILITY AND MODEST VERTICAL SHEAR. DAMAGING WINDS AND
BOUTS OF LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERN.
AVIATION…A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 23020.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 281
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
325 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 281 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALBEMARLE ALLEGHANY AMELIA
AMHERST APPOMATTOX AUGUSTA
BATH BEDFORD BLAND
BOTETOURT BRUNSWICK BUCKINGHAM
CAMPBELL CAROLINE CARROLL
CHARLES CITY CHARLOTTE CHESTERFIELD
CRAIG CULPEPER CUMBERLAND
DINWIDDIE ESSEX FLOYD
FLUVANNA FRANKLIN GILES
GLOUCESTER GOOCHLAND GRAYSON
GREENE GREENSVILLE HALIFAX
HANOVER HENRICO HENRY
HIGHLAND ISLE OF WIGHT JAMES CITY
KING AND QUEEN KING GEORGE KING WILLIAM
LANCASTER LOUISA LUNENBURG
MADISON MATHEWS MECKLENBURG
MIDDLESEX MONTGOMERY NELSON
NEW KENT NORTHUMBERLAND NOTTOWAY
ORANGE PAGE PATRICK
PITTSYLVANIA POWHATAN PRINCE EDWARD
PRINCE GEORGE PULASKI RAPPAHANNOCK
RICHMOND ROANOKE ROCKBRIDGE
ROCKINGHAM SOUTHAMPTON SPOTSYLVANIA
STAFFORD SURRY SUSSEX
WESTMORELAND WYTHE YORK
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
BUENA VISTA CHARLOTTESVILLE CHESAPEAKE
COLONIAL HEIGHTS COVINGTON DANVILLE
EMPORIA FRANKLIN FREDERICKSBURG
GALAX HAMPTON HARRISONBURG
HOPEWELL LEXINGTON LYNCHBURG
MARTINSVILLE NEWPORT NEWS NORFOLK
PETERSBURG POQUOSON RADFORD
RICHMOND ROANOKE SALEM
STAUNTON SUFFOLK WAYNESBORO
WILLIAMSBURG
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