Calm before the storm

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham  Depending on whom you believe, Hurricane Isabel is either going to enter and then leave Western Virginia like a lion – or like a lamb. Weather forecasters are offering predictions that rainfall amounts in the Shenandoah Valley associated with the powerful storm – which is on track to make landfall in…

Ready to rumble: Residents prepare for Isabel

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director Ben Carter was thinking of Hurricane Camille on Tuesday. Many locals do look back at Camille whenever the region is in the crosshairs of a hurricane – as is the case right now with Isabel making a beeline for Western Virginia. But Carter…

Snack time

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Us American fat-slob types are always getting together for lunch. Or dinner. Or breakfast. And then we eat like “Survivor” contestants moments after they’re allowed to eat something other than berries and rats for the first time in 40 days. Which is to say, like a pack of…