The Potomac Bay Estates Property Owners’ Association Board of Directors meeting scheduled for October 12 was cancelled because of the recent storm. The meeting has been rescheduled:
Board meetings are open to all property owners. If you plan to attend, please let us know by email to potomacbaypoa@hotmail.com .
A copy of the agenda is available at this link. _v.04_DRAFT_Agenda PBE BOD_NOV 30, 2018_
The Potomac Bay Estates Property Owners’ Association Board of Directors meeting scheduled for October 12 was cancelled because of the recent storm. The meeting has been rescheduled:
Board meetings are open to all property owners. If you plan to attend, please let us know by email to potomacbaypoa@hotmail.com .
An agenda will be posted later.
Sorry to be so late with this announcement: The PBE POA Board of Directors’ meeting scheduled for Friday, October 12, was cancelled because of the storm.
As for the storm — between about 10:00 PM, Thursday, Oct 11, and 3:00 AM, Friday, Oct 12, we received 7 inches of rain accompanied by winds of 20-25 MPH with sustained gusts to 45 – 50 MPH.
We lost power before midnight, Thursday, Oct 11. Power was restored four days later, around 6:30 PM, Monday, Oct 15. The power loss was caused by a power line that was snapped by falling trees and fell across Newman’s Neck Road about 1/2 mile before the entrance to our neighborhood.
Two large trees were blown down blocking Newman’s Neck Road. Local residents removed these by noon Friday. We removed a tree blocking the entrance to the picnic area early Friday morning.
Several houses lost shingles to the wind. Two houses had windows either blown open, or, broken open by flying debris. Several neighborhood trees were blown down.
The Potomac Bay Estates Property Owners’ Association Board of Directors will meet:
Please note the CORRECT TIME FOR THE MEETING IS 1:00 PM — our previous announcement listed 2:00 PM. Sorry for the error.
Board meetings are open to all property owners. If you plan to attend, please let us know by email to potomacbaypoa@hotmail.com .
Follow this link for a copy of the agenda in PDF format: _v.03_DRAFT_Agenda PBE BOD_Oct 12, 2018_.
As of 11:oo PM, Thursday, September 13, Hurricane Florence is making landfall on the NC coast. This is the latest track forecast from the National Hurricane Center. Notice the remnants of Florence will turn NE and slightly affect our area Monday and Tuesday, Sep 17-18.
We are forecast to receive 1 to 2 inches of rain over the next few days.
![[Image of WPC QPF U.S. rainfall potential]](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0618WPCQPF+gif/212226WPCQPF_sm.gif)
Here is the weather forecast for our neighborhood for the next few days:
Date; Forecast; Temp hi/lo; Likelihood of precipitation; Wind speed and direction from which wind comes; Humidity
|
Thu
SEP 13 |
Thunderstorms |
81°75°
|
90%
|
ENE 14 mph | 89% |
|
Fri
SEP 14 |
Thunderstorms |
78°73°
|
90%
|
E 14 mph | 90% |
|
Sat
SEP 15 |
Thunderstorms |
79°71°
|
100%
|
ENE 13 mph | 87% |
|
Sun
SEP 16 |
Showers |
80°72°
|
50%
|
E 12 mph | 87% |
|
Mon
SEP 17 |
Scattered Thunderstorms |
82°73°
|
50%
|
ESE 10 mph | 84% |
|
Tue
SEP 18 |
Scattered Thunderstorms |
82°70°
|
60%
|
S 10 mph | 84% |
|
Wed
SEP 19 |
Sunny |
83°68°
|
10%
|
NW 7 mph | 76% |
According to the National Hurricane Center, we are in the area projected to receive 2-4 inches of rain over the next several days.
![[Image of WPC QPF U.S. rainfall potential]](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0618WPCQPF+gif/212431WPCQPF_sm.gif)
One of the four main water distribution lines serving our neighborhood broke over the weekend. The line involved serves all of Presley Drive and the lots west from the intersection of Potomac Drive and Presley Drive — lots 25 through 30, 31, 32, and 33. Water is turned off to all residences on Presley Drive as well as to the affected lots on Potomac Drive.
If you are not certain of these lots, here is a map of that part of the neighborhood.
Frank Goyette and Joe Schlatter worked Thursday afternoon and located the break. We had a lot of difficulty locating a plumber; we now have a plumber who will be here first thing Thursday morning, Sep 13. Water service should be restored to the affected area by noon Thursday.
Four distribution lines come from the pump house located on Presley Drive. Each line has a shutoff valve. With this arrangement, if one distribution line breaks, only that line must be shut off, leaving only a part of the neighborhood without water until a repair can be made.
We have two wells, each with its own pump. The pumps feed a 1,000-gallon tank. An air compressor maintains pressure on the water in the tank. When anyone uses water, pressure switches turn on the air compressor and one of the pumps. The controls alternate between pumps so we do not depend on a single well. Each well delivers well over 35 gallons per minute, more than enough for our heaviest use.
There is a propane-powered generator that operates the water system in case of power outage. Thus, when we do have an interruption in electrical power, each residence will have normal water pressure.
