Downed utility lines knock out power
Gusts from the south clocked at 40 miles per hour cut a swath of destruction across central and upper Middlesex County on Saturday toppling trees across power lines from Jamaica to Topping.
Residents of the Urbanna and Saluda areas lost electricity for about nine hours.
Buddy Wyker’s wind gauge in Urbanna clocked gusts of 40 miles per hour. The angry wind churned Urbanna Creek into white caps and blew the spray north towards the Rappahannock River, he said.
