HURRICANE IRENE GETTING READY TO MAKE LANDFALL ON THE OBX

It looks like Hurricane Irene will make landfall just south of Ocracoke Island and will travel just west of the southern OBX before going back out to sea in the Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills area before heading to the northeast. Some areas down on the OBX have received over 3 inches of rain since midnight and it is raining here in Colonial Heights as well. I will post some photos from down there once they become available later today. Kyle Busch won his 50th career Nationwide race last night at Bristol edging Joey Logano for the win, with the win Busch has won more Nationwide races than anybody in Nascar history. Tonight at Bristol the Sprint Cup Series will take to the track with Ryan Newman leading the filed to the green. Well 1 week from today the Virginia Cavaliers football team will open up its 2011 season at home against William & Mary and I will be in attendance. In high school football action locally last night Petersburg opened its season up with a 34-33 win over GW Danville, the teams combined for 12 turnovers in the game. All the games at the beach were washed by Hurricane Irene. I have about 10 entries in so far for week 1 of the contest, hopefully the others will start coming in the next few days. I went to Wal-Mart at 5am this morning try to beat the storm but it was already raining when I got up, I also did go over to Hopewell a get some donuts at the Dunkin Donuts. MICKEY