{"id":45218,"date":"2019-09-07T03:34:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T03:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/07\/hunkered-down-in-hampton-roads-navy-weathers-a-hurricane\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:48:46","slug":"hunkered-down-in-hampton-roads-navy-weathers-a-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/07\/hunkered-down-in-hampton-roads-navy-weathers-a-hurricane\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunkered down in Hampton Roads, Navy weathers a hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hurricane Dorian trundled into Hampton Roads but left Friday with no apparent damage to Navy property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why Rear Adm. Charles Rock<\/a>, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic\u2019s commander, on Friday evening ordered all installations in the region to return to normal operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By setting Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness V, he was indicating that Dorian<\/a> \u201cno longer poses a threat to the area,\u201d according to an email his command sent to Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond some minor flooding in areas that routinely flood, Rock\u2019s inspection teams found no problems left in Dorian\u2019s wake. Beginning Saturday morning, his bases will begin to support the return of Navy vessels and aircraft that sortied earlier in the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were very fortunate the hurricane had minimal impact on Hampton Roads, but we are thinking of those who felt the strongest effects of the storm as they recover,” said Rock in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock\u2019s order also requires military personnel and Department of Defense civilian workers who evacuated large swaths of eastern North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland to report their whereabouts using the Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System<\/a> or through the mobile app.<\/p>\n\n\n\t