#20YearsAgoOnAOLcom: Sept. 16, 1999 -- Hurricane Floyd Hits North Carolina, Moves North

September 16, 1999: We continued with Hurricane Floyd, with heavier coverage than normal because this one would actually affect... us.... as it passed through Northern Virginia up through the mid-Atlantic:

Mid-morning update with flood photos:

For the PM update, back to the satellite view:

[Series note: In the late 1990s, I programmed the content for the AOL.com home page, which relaunched with a new design on July 14, 1998. I printed screencaps and saved them. 20 years later, I'm scanning them in and posting them with a little commentary under the tag #20YearsAgoOnAOLcom.]