Welcome to another episode of Tidewater Talk, where Brodie and Co dive into the vibrant community of Tidewater. This week, we discuss a concerning local news story about a young child who walked out of his elementary school, sparking a conversation about the challenges faced by nonverbal children and the importance of community vigilance. We also explore what makes a community vibrant, highlighting the friendly and helpful nature of Tidewater's residents, as well as the diverse cultural and recreational activities available, from Broadway plays to local festivals.
In addition to local news, we provide an updated weather forecast for the week, ensuring you're prepared for the upcoming days. We also share tips on making insurance claims after storms, and highlight exciting local events, including the Hampton Flea Market and the Virginia Arts Festival. Join us as we celebrate the unique neighborhoods within Tidewater and the stories that make our community so special. Whether you're a local or just passing through, there's always something new to discover in Tidewater.
[00:00:00]
Brodie:
How'd you get so smart? You know,
[00:00:03] Co:
good evening, neighbors, and welcome to Tidewater Talk. Whether you live here or just dropping by, we're glad you're here. We're hanging out with Brodie and Co, and each Tuesday, we'll dive into some local news stories, give you an updated weather forecast, and share some tips on the best places to eat, explore, and experience all that our community has to offer.
[00:00:26] Brodie:
And I'm Brodie. I'm so glad for the rain to be done for a while. Right.
[00:00:31] Co:
You know, I don't mind rainy days sometimes. I just don't like it when it's cold and rainy.
[00:00:38] Brodie:
Right the cold. That's really what I'm getting there. The cold and the wind and the rain. Not a good combo. I was just talking to somebody that's, I think he's paraplegic, and he was saying, I I can't regulate my temperature, so I can't figure out when it's gonna be warm and cold, and I can't.
[00:00:58] Co:
It's terrible. Yeah. Just for that.
[00:01:00] Brodie:
So when it's too hot or too cold, he can't figure it out. And, yeah, he was having a hard time with it dropping back cold again.
[00:01:09] Co:
Mhmm. Well, I'm co, and I got a shiny new bracelet. Yeah. What kind? I don't know. It's something I picked up. I saw it. It was on clearance for $13, and it was shiny, and I had to have it.
[00:01:24] Brodie:
Awesome. It's not that's cool. Not like a diamond or anything. It's just Oh, no. Because it's shiny. No. It's shiny.
[00:01:34] Co:
There's colors on it. There's some gold, some well, might not be real leather, but it's soft, and it doesn't bang against the desk when I'm typing and doesn't make noise. So
[00:01:48] Brodie:
I don't know. Good. I like it.
[00:01:52] Co:
Yeah. Well I'll kick us off with a new story.
[00:01:55] Brodie:
Yeah. Good.
[00:01:56] Co:
Alright. So title of this one is Chesapeake family left with questions after son walks out of elementary school.
[00:02:04] Brodie:
So walked out of the elementary?
[00:02:07] Co:
Just walked out. So he's a seven year old kindergartner, and, his dad dropped him off for school one morning. And he was headed to the breakfast line before going to his class because that's that's required in that school. He passed the classroom and then turned around. He didn't want his food, so he threw it out, and then he left. And an hour later, his son resurfaced at home accompanied with, by two strangers, One of whom was an off duty school bus driver who helped return the child safely. Nobody knew where he was. He popped up at the house with two strangers about an hour later is what his dad said. Oh my gosh. So scary. Right? Yes.
[00:02:52] Brodie:
Especially with a nonverbal kid Right. Where they can't say my name is or my parents' name is or I go to this school, nothing. I read stories like that, and I just freak out.
[00:03:07] Co:
Yeah.
[00:03:08] Brodie:
Man. And it happens often. It does. It doesn't? I can't yeah. Because I saw that that very sensitive to stories like that because having a nonverbal kid, we're just like, oh my gosh. What would he even do? We would never find it. Was another incident,
[00:03:27] Co:
like this in Elizabeth City earlier this month.
[00:03:32] Brodie:
Yeah. Yeah. It happens all the time. And then, yeah, what do you do when they can't say anything?
[00:03:39] Co:
Right.
[00:03:40] Brodie:
Oh my gosh. It's so freaky. That's scary. Yeah. And then we had when we were in California, we had some, he would come home with these sunburns all over him, and he couldn't tell us why. Come to find out, they had been leaving him out in front of the school for the whole day, like, seven or eight hours a day.
[00:04:02] Co:
Just out in outside?
[00:04:04] Brodie:
Yeah.
[00:04:06] Co:
All the kids?
[00:04:08] Brodie:
They're like, well, he was disruptive, so what else were we supposed to do with him? Like, anything? Anything besides that? Sound like Call us. Call the police. Call anybody besides leaving him out in front of the school.
[00:04:22] Co:
Right. Alright. What are you Improbably unsupervised.
[00:04:26] Brodie:
Yeah. What if he'd had just walked off?
[00:04:28] Co:
Right. Oh, man. That's scary.
[00:04:32] Brodie:
Yeah. Those those stories get me
[00:04:36] Co:
sorry. No. It's okay.
[00:04:38] Brodie:
Like, screaming at the story as you're telling it. Well, I got a a question first because I Oh. I'm so I've been thinking a lot this week about how thankful I am for doing this. Like, even if we get nothing else out of doing this stuff, it's so neat to learn about this community. And like you were saying in your intro, how vibrant of a community it is. So to bring me closer to the community and realize how awesome it is and learn more about my neighbors and why there's the culture that we have here and what goes on around us, it's really been an awesome experience. So question is, what makes a vibrant community or what makes a community vibrant?
[00:05:36] Co:
Man, people. Yeah. It's right? Friendly people, neighborly people, people that are, you know, willing to lend a helping hand. I mean, that that's what does it. I mean, and, of course, like, celebrations and and all that stuff too, but none of that happens without the people.
[00:05:59] Brodie:
Yeah. Exactly. So, yeah, even in your story, there was the people that found the kid and figured out who it belonged to and brought him home and, yeah, people willing to jump in and help no matter what's going on. Mhmm. I looked at the definition of vibrant, and it's pulsating with life, vigor, or activity. And I think that does it explains our community, our Tidewater community real well. Don't you think?
[00:06:27] Co:
I think so too.
[00:06:29] Brodie:
We've got the beach. We got Broadway plays. We got the strawberry festival. We got shipping ports, which is a big deal. Lots of shopping and, arts and crafts festivals. Presence. Yeah. The military stuff. That brings Yeah. New new people and new culture and everything right with it. Yep. We got the dome and the wave garden coming up,
[00:06:59] Co:
which is awesome. Oh, I also saw that they were, having a huge job fair at the at the Dome this upcoming weekend
[00:07:08] Brodie:
Because it's Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I need to figure out what's going on with that. And then within that, also is smaller communities within the Tidewater community. You notice that? There's all these, like, like, each neighborhood has a name. And then, there's just, like, each neighborhood is its own little community, and they get along with each other and know what's going on in their little neighborhood.
[00:07:40] Co:
Well, I I have to admit, I don't know a lot of my neighbors from here. I mean, we do have, like, the Townsquare app and a Facebook page where where people talk about what's going on and complain about people driving too fast down the street and Yeah. People I hate those apps. Hands out for two years. But
[00:08:04] Brodie:
I hate those apps though because then you're like, oh, crap. Where is everybody watching me? Yeah. But Can I put my dog poop in this trash can, or am I gonna be on next door?
[00:08:15] Co:
And then I'm gonna be on somebody's ring camera.
[00:08:17] Brodie:
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Seems like we we like to complain about
[00:08:24] Co:
gotten out to to meet many people, but I do feel like a lot of people are friendly. Like, just driving through everybody that's out walking, it'll, you know, throw you a wave. Right. You know?
[00:08:37] Brodie:
Yep. So my news story kinda brought that up too. Yesterday, there was a 39 year old lady hit by a train in James City County, which is a the train accident's horrific. I hate seeing that or talking about it even because of the Yeah. Because it seems like, you know, you can't win against a train. I know. And, actually, like, my grandparents died of being in a train accident. Mhmm. So it's home. Plus, my my son watches So funny. He's watching YouTube a fair amount, but he starts with, like, the wheels on the bus, you know, likes to get into those songs, and and then he ends up hitting the similar videos stuff.
And then he ends up at one, like, bus crash. All these kids die. You're like, woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. What do you so I end up watching more train train crashes than normal people do, I think. So it's it's really sad, and I pray for her family.
[00:09:53] Co:
Sidebar, since you said bus crash. Yeah. I ended up in a forensics class by accident. So when I was stationed up in, in Whidbey Island Yeah. One of the one of the watches was to be the bus driver on on base. So you had to go get your commercial driver's license and go to a class and all the stuff. So I show up to go to the class, but, of course, I don't remember which room it's supposed to be in. So I'm just looking in all these doors, and I see on the big screen a picture of the bus. And I'm like, this must be it. This is it. So so I walk in, take a seat, pull out my notebook, get ready to start taking notes. And this, you know, the slide changes and now it's a bus crash and we're talking about the accident.
It was like leaning over to the person next to him like, is this the bus driving class? This is forensics.
[00:10:56] Brodie:
Oh, no.
[00:10:58] Co:
Oh, maybe I need to go find my class.
[00:11:03] Brodie:
And then you just sat there to listen anyway? No. I went and I found my class.
[00:11:09] Co:
They were taking muster. I had to be there.
[00:11:13] Brodie:
That's awesome. Oh, that would freak you out. Right. Why are we learning about the crashes? That's the stuff we wanna avoid or what?
[00:11:26] Co:
Teaching me what not to do. Right.
[00:11:31] Brodie:
So with my news story, got me thinking about the different communities because it said it was in James City County. Yes. It what why would it say City County. It's a I got a map of them. So you got, Hampton County and then Newport News County and then James City County. It's north. And it kinda goes around Williamsburg. Okay. Because Williamsburg is its own county, but James City County goes all the way around it. Okay. I guess there's York County on one side of that. I just happen to have a map of counties up so I can speak like I'm really intelligent.
You did it. Nice. Congratulations. Yeah. But so I looked it up. I'm like, why would they say county Mhmm. For something that happened at a specific place instead of the town? Right? So I was looking at the specific place, and it happened in Nordegen. Wait. I got a It's spelled n o r g e, so I had to look up how to say it. Norway in Norwegian is said as Norge. Norge. And it's Norwegian for Norway.
[00:13:00] Co:
Oh, okay.
[00:13:01] Brodie:
And so it's a little town, but because it's a unincorporated community, they didn't name them the town. And I don't know what an unincorporated community is, but yeah. Kinda cool, though. Right? Like Kinda cool. So I looked up more about that place, and a bunch of Norwegians, when they immigrated, just set up their own little community and called it Nordica. Oh. And it's been that way since. Interesting. Pretty fun. Yeah. So kind of a little community within a community.
[00:13:38] Co:
Yeah. Yeah.
[00:13:40] Brodie:
That is interesting. Yeah. And there's stuff like that all over the place. I'm kind of finding out. Yeah. Kind of a teaser there too, though, because I need to look more into some of it. Oh, no. I wanna look into it.
[00:13:56] Co:
Right? Yeah. You know, it kinda makes me think about, like, the Amish. Mhmm. I I don't know that this is related in any way at all. But it that's just what I thought about, you know, how they have their own language and kind of live off to themselves. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:14:17] Brodie:
Makes me wanna go visit Nordaga.
[00:14:20] Co:
Nordaga. Yep.
[00:14:21] Brodie:
I wonder if they even say it like that anymore or if it's Nor Norge. Yeah. Norge. Well, I'll have to drive up there and ask somebody. Well, what's the weather gonna be like? Have you looked too much into it?
[00:14:46] Co:
I haven't looked too much into it, but I have, the ten day Ford
[00:14:52] Brodie:
Norfolk in front of me. You know, I don't think we did well last time. Nope? Didn't we say it wasn't gonna rain until Sunday? Oh, I remember. For the marathon, it was gonna be raining.
[00:15:07] Co:
So you're gonna try to verify the forecast here?
[00:15:11] Brodie:
No. I just was I was upset because it was cold and rainy. Now I'm ready for the rain to be done and the cold. I'm ready for it. Right now, it's 57 at the airport, 59 at, Oceana, and then it's 62 down at Fentress. Were you guys 63 or so?
[00:15:36] Co:
I got 62.
[00:15:38] Brodie:
Nice. Oh, yep. 62 in Chesapeake. So what's the seven days looking like?
[00:15:46] Co:
So tonight well, I just have for Norfolk pulled up, clear skies, 44 degrees. Winds from from the north, five to 10 miles per hour. Tomorrow's mostly sunny with a high of 66, and then 13% chance of precipitation on tomorrow night. Thursday, high of 76, partly cloudy. 24% chance precip in the daytime, and then increasing the 74% at night. Winds are about 18 miles per hour. And then on Friday, I have mostly sunny. And then some winds, temp your max temperature will be 59. And then The winds kicks up seas? Winds kicked up kicks up, northwest to 20 miles per hour on Friday. And then for Saturday, I have a high of 69.
Mostly sunny winds from the West Southwest, 17 miles per hour during the day, decreasing to 12, in the evening. And then by Sunday, we'll have a max of 57, mostly cloudy skies. And winds, going from Northeast in the daytime Southeast
[00:17:07] Brodie:
at nighttime about 10 miles per hour. Just to reiterate, the seas on Friday cooks up to four to five feet on the Chesapeake. So we're running this podcast on a value for value system. So if you get any value out of our stories or what we're talking about And we hope you do. Yeah. Hope so and become better neighbors.
[00:17:31] Co:
Yeah. Right? We build our community.
[00:17:34] Brodie:
Yeah. It's been a lot of fun for me, at least. Yes. It has. If you get any value out of that, then give some value back. We call you neighbors, not listeners. And that value can be anything from, like, art for the show or, sounds for intro, outro sound kind of stuff or little, things we can play in between or sending us some tips. Like, this is going on this weekend and or this is going on at this place. That'd be great. Helps us out and helps us show out, or some local news that we're not catching or, or some monetary value. And you can do that at, tidewatertalk.com and or send a note for us at [email protected].
And yeah. Hear anything that you gotta say. Yeah. Definitely. Do you got any tips for us, Carl? I saw
[00:18:38] Co:
a tip from so after the heavy rains, that we had a couple of weeks ago, there were, some tips for insurance claims after after storms in Hampton Roads. So just I mean, some of this stuff is common knowledge, but, you know, just in case you need a reminder of some things to do to you know, if you if you have property damage or anything from, natural disasters. First thing you wanna do is take a picture and make sure they document it. And then if you can, you know, you can try to patch things up or remove branches or, you know, to anything that you have to do to prevent further damage without further or without injuring yourself.
So officials say, as long as you have insurance before the storm, you're covered for damages caused by nature. Each case is different depending on the damage caused to the property. And in some cases, you may need a professional to come out and assess the damage and harm, in the home. Trying, excuse me. You wanna get a estimate for how much is going how how much it's gonna cost, and then you can have somebody come out. Most insurance companies, if you document what's happened, will reimburse you for that. So they say the important thing is shoring up the damage so that it does not create further damage, particularly if it were raining or, you know, continuing wind event or something like that.
And he says that it is best to know what you're working with and run your scenario by your insurance agent before filing a claim.
[00:20:28] Brodie:
Right. That's good.
[00:20:34] Co:
That's a good tip. That's a good tip. Thanks.
[00:20:40] Brodie:
Mine got the Hampton Flea Market is open on Saturday. Oh. Yeah. I love flea markets in those. I do too. Yeah. I love, just artistic stuff and then looking through old stuff. And then my boy loves, like, all the food. They usually have all kinds of food out, people selling it or making it on the spot. What's that? Classic donuts is usually out and those kind of things. Oh my gosh. My daughter won
[00:21:15] Co:
a, gift card to Classic Donuts at, like, a holiday party, and I'd never heard of it before. She looked it up and and, you know, ended up going into their truck and bringing some home. And my husband, like, follows the truck. Like Yeah. He you know, every Thursday, they set up next to his job, and he goes and gets in line and buys donuts for the office.
[00:21:43] Brodie:
Awesome.
[00:21:44] Co:
And, folks at our at our job too, they go to classic on Wednesday.
[00:21:50] Brodie:
Yeah. I always bring one for some reason, I'm I've already eaten breakfast. Dang it. Like, oh, those are the best things ever. I've heard really great things about them. Yeah. I'll put a link to them in the show notes in case people don't know what I'm talking about. But, yeah, they're just the best. Best donuts ever. They're these huge things. They make them right in front of you in this trailer. Mhmm. And they go all over the area. They take that trailer to different places, and they have their their schedule online. I think it's on Facebook. Says we'll be at this place on Monday and this place on Tuesday, and so you can go get a whole bunch of them whatever day you're up.
Yeah. But they usually have that kind of stuff, flea market. And I guess this Hampton Flea Market is every Saturday for a while. Oh. Oh, no. Every fourth Saturday for Every fourth Saturday. I'm a write that down. Starting in March. Yeah. And it exists to support local businesses. Yes. I wanna get over there and try that out.
[00:22:59] Co:
Yeah. I just love seeing, like, all the things that people have. Like, I like, the people that make things out of wood or the people that make things out of metal or three d printing or or crocheting. You know? Like, just all these creative things. Really creative people are amazing. I had a couple more things happening this weekend. Yeah. Good. Virginia Arts Festival is Saturday at, Attucks Theater in Norfolk. I don't even know where that is, really. I haven't heard of that one. But that's from 07:30 to 10:30. And then Saturday and Sunday, the Rhewin Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, on Saturday from eleven to three, and Sunday from one to five at the Scope Arena. What was that one again? Say that again. The circus. The ringtone. The circus.
[00:23:53] Brodie:
Awesome. Sorry. Wasn't paying attention. Dang. I was trying to look up the Attucks Theater.
[00:24:01] Co:
A T T U C K S. U C. Oh, it's in Norfolk.
[00:24:06] Brodie:
Yeah. Cool. Why hadn't I heard of that one? I hadn't heard of that one either. So cool seeing things like this. Like, I was talking to a guy that his family's been here for generations. Mhmm. And he said that he was telling me a story about his family working at a hunt club. There was a club, and I don't think it's the same as the one that's out there now, the hunt club.
[00:24:34] Co:
Look at the cattle there.
[00:24:36] Brodie:
Yeah. Yeah. But he said his parents worked there, and I think his grandparents also. They they just worked there. And there was a guy, colonel slow. No. I'm gonna forget that one. Colonel Slover. Slover. Colonel Slover. And they said, this guy said at least that he walked here on the train tracks with just a quarter to his name and ended up owning all the newspapers in town and becoming a huge media mogul. And now the library in Norfolk is named the Slover Library. I didn't even know that. Or there's one of them, at least. I'm sure there's more libraries than that, but one of the libraries is the Slover Library.
[00:25:30] Co:
That's cool. I'm a have to pick it up.
[00:25:33] Brodie:
Yeah. There's you just learn all kinds of cool stuff while you're looking around the area. Like, everybody's,
[00:25:40] Co:
story starts with how much money they had in their pocket.
[00:25:45] Brodie:
Right.
[00:25:46] Co:
Yeah.
[00:25:49] Brodie:
Yeah. I'm not sure if it's true. I haven't really, like, dug into his history yet, but it's just cool to see all the ways that our community has grown.
[00:25:59] Co:
Yeah. Definitely.
[00:26:02] Brodie:
Really fun reading that Witch of Pongo How's that going? Still. It's so fun. Realized that we started with this whole area was just swamps and creeks and and tons of trees, and it's still talking about what life was like back then. Mhmm. I just can't imagine living like that. It's so hard to grow the food, and if anything goes wrong, then you're just destitute and you have to really rely on your neighbors and That's true. But there was no roads either, so you couldn't just go to the neighbor's house. You had to take a kayak or a canoe or something over to them. Everybody was connected by water. Really interesting stuff. That is interesting. Can't wait to dig more into it and learn more about the community.
[00:26:53] Co:
Yeah. I'm a have I still have to get a copy so I could catch up.
[00:26:57] Brodie:
Yeah. That's fine. What else do you have to add? I think that's all I got. I don't have anything else either. So we'll wrap it up and talk to you guys next week.
[00:27:10] Co:
And that wraps up another week's edition of Tidewater Talk. Thanks for hanging out with us. Don't forget to check us out at tidewatertalk.com. Have a fantastic week, and we'll catch y'all next time. Try and top that for a killer show.
How'd you get so smart? You know,
[00:00:03] Co:
good evening, neighbors, and welcome to Tidewater Talk. Whether you live here or just dropping by, we're glad you're here. We're hanging out with Brodie and Co, and each Tuesday, we'll dive into some local news stories, give you an updated weather forecast, and share some tips on the best places to eat, explore, and experience all that our community has to offer.
[00:00:26] Brodie:
And I'm Brodie. I'm so glad for the rain to be done for a while. Right.
[00:00:31] Co:
You know, I don't mind rainy days sometimes. I just don't like it when it's cold and rainy.
[00:00:38] Brodie:
Right the cold. That's really what I'm getting there. The cold and the wind and the rain. Not a good combo. I was just talking to somebody that's, I think he's paraplegic, and he was saying, I I can't regulate my temperature, so I can't figure out when it's gonna be warm and cold, and I can't.
[00:00:58] Co:
It's terrible. Yeah. Just for that.
[00:01:00] Brodie:
So when it's too hot or too cold, he can't figure it out. And, yeah, he was having a hard time with it dropping back cold again.
[00:01:09] Co:
Mhmm. Well, I'm co, and I got a shiny new bracelet. Yeah. What kind? I don't know. It's something I picked up. I saw it. It was on clearance for $13, and it was shiny, and I had to have it.
[00:01:24] Brodie:
Awesome. It's not that's cool. Not like a diamond or anything. It's just Oh, no. Because it's shiny. No. It's shiny.
[00:01:34] Co:
There's colors on it. There's some gold, some well, might not be real leather, but it's soft, and it doesn't bang against the desk when I'm typing and doesn't make noise. So
[00:01:48] Brodie:
I don't know. Good. I like it.
[00:01:52] Co:
Yeah. Well I'll kick us off with a new story.
[00:01:55] Brodie:
Yeah. Good.
[00:01:56] Co:
Alright. So title of this one is Chesapeake family left with questions after son walks out of elementary school.
[00:02:04] Brodie:
So walked out of the elementary?
[00:02:07] Co:
Just walked out. So he's a seven year old kindergartner, and, his dad dropped him off for school one morning. And he was headed to the breakfast line before going to his class because that's that's required in that school. He passed the classroom and then turned around. He didn't want his food, so he threw it out, and then he left. And an hour later, his son resurfaced at home accompanied with, by two strangers, One of whom was an off duty school bus driver who helped return the child safely. Nobody knew where he was. He popped up at the house with two strangers about an hour later is what his dad said. Oh my gosh. So scary. Right? Yes.
[00:02:52] Brodie:
Especially with a nonverbal kid Right. Where they can't say my name is or my parents' name is or I go to this school, nothing. I read stories like that, and I just freak out.
[00:03:07] Co:
Yeah.
[00:03:08] Brodie:
Man. And it happens often. It does. It doesn't? I can't yeah. Because I saw that that very sensitive to stories like that because having a nonverbal kid, we're just like, oh my gosh. What would he even do? We would never find it. Was another incident,
[00:03:27] Co:
like this in Elizabeth City earlier this month.
[00:03:32] Brodie:
Yeah. Yeah. It happens all the time. And then, yeah, what do you do when they can't say anything?
[00:03:39] Co:
Right.
[00:03:40] Brodie:
Oh my gosh. It's so freaky. That's scary. Yeah. And then we had when we were in California, we had some, he would come home with these sunburns all over him, and he couldn't tell us why. Come to find out, they had been leaving him out in front of the school for the whole day, like, seven or eight hours a day.
[00:04:02] Co:
Just out in outside?
[00:04:04] Brodie:
Yeah.
[00:04:06] Co:
All the kids?
[00:04:08] Brodie:
They're like, well, he was disruptive, so what else were we supposed to do with him? Like, anything? Anything besides that? Sound like Call us. Call the police. Call anybody besides leaving him out in front of the school.
[00:04:22] Co:
Right. Alright. What are you Improbably unsupervised.
[00:04:26] Brodie:
Yeah. What if he'd had just walked off?
[00:04:28] Co:
Right. Oh, man. That's scary.
[00:04:32] Brodie:
Yeah. Those those stories get me
[00:04:36] Co:
sorry. No. It's okay.
[00:04:38] Brodie:
Like, screaming at the story as you're telling it. Well, I got a a question first because I Oh. I'm so I've been thinking a lot this week about how thankful I am for doing this. Like, even if we get nothing else out of doing this stuff, it's so neat to learn about this community. And like you were saying in your intro, how vibrant of a community it is. So to bring me closer to the community and realize how awesome it is and learn more about my neighbors and why there's the culture that we have here and what goes on around us, it's really been an awesome experience. So question is, what makes a vibrant community or what makes a community vibrant?
[00:05:36] Co:
Man, people. Yeah. It's right? Friendly people, neighborly people, people that are, you know, willing to lend a helping hand. I mean, that that's what does it. I mean, and, of course, like, celebrations and and all that stuff too, but none of that happens without the people.
[00:05:59] Brodie:
Yeah. Exactly. So, yeah, even in your story, there was the people that found the kid and figured out who it belonged to and brought him home and, yeah, people willing to jump in and help no matter what's going on. Mhmm. I looked at the definition of vibrant, and it's pulsating with life, vigor, or activity. And I think that does it explains our community, our Tidewater community real well. Don't you think?
[00:06:27] Co:
I think so too.
[00:06:29] Brodie:
We've got the beach. We got Broadway plays. We got the strawberry festival. We got shipping ports, which is a big deal. Lots of shopping and, arts and crafts festivals. Presence. Yeah. The military stuff. That brings Yeah. New new people and new culture and everything right with it. Yep. We got the dome and the wave garden coming up,
[00:06:59] Co:
which is awesome. Oh, I also saw that they were, having a huge job fair at the at the Dome this upcoming weekend
[00:07:08] Brodie:
Because it's Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I need to figure out what's going on with that. And then within that, also is smaller communities within the Tidewater community. You notice that? There's all these, like, like, each neighborhood has a name. And then, there's just, like, each neighborhood is its own little community, and they get along with each other and know what's going on in their little neighborhood.
[00:07:40] Co:
Well, I I have to admit, I don't know a lot of my neighbors from here. I mean, we do have, like, the Townsquare app and a Facebook page where where people talk about what's going on and complain about people driving too fast down the street and Yeah. People I hate those apps. Hands out for two years. But
[00:08:04] Brodie:
I hate those apps though because then you're like, oh, crap. Where is everybody watching me? Yeah. But Can I put my dog poop in this trash can, or am I gonna be on next door?
[00:08:15] Co:
And then I'm gonna be on somebody's ring camera.
[00:08:17] Brodie:
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Seems like we we like to complain about
[00:08:24] Co:
gotten out to to meet many people, but I do feel like a lot of people are friendly. Like, just driving through everybody that's out walking, it'll, you know, throw you a wave. Right. You know?
[00:08:37] Brodie:
Yep. So my news story kinda brought that up too. Yesterday, there was a 39 year old lady hit by a train in James City County, which is a the train accident's horrific. I hate seeing that or talking about it even because of the Yeah. Because it seems like, you know, you can't win against a train. I know. And, actually, like, my grandparents died of being in a train accident. Mhmm. So it's home. Plus, my my son watches So funny. He's watching YouTube a fair amount, but he starts with, like, the wheels on the bus, you know, likes to get into those songs, and and then he ends up hitting the similar videos stuff.
And then he ends up at one, like, bus crash. All these kids die. You're like, woah. Woah. Woah. Woah. What do you so I end up watching more train train crashes than normal people do, I think. So it's it's really sad, and I pray for her family.
[00:09:53] Co:
Sidebar, since you said bus crash. Yeah. I ended up in a forensics class by accident. So when I was stationed up in, in Whidbey Island Yeah. One of the one of the watches was to be the bus driver on on base. So you had to go get your commercial driver's license and go to a class and all the stuff. So I show up to go to the class, but, of course, I don't remember which room it's supposed to be in. So I'm just looking in all these doors, and I see on the big screen a picture of the bus. And I'm like, this must be it. This is it. So so I walk in, take a seat, pull out my notebook, get ready to start taking notes. And this, you know, the slide changes and now it's a bus crash and we're talking about the accident.
It was like leaning over to the person next to him like, is this the bus driving class? This is forensics.
[00:10:56] Brodie:
Oh, no.
[00:10:58] Co:
Oh, maybe I need to go find my class.
[00:11:03] Brodie:
And then you just sat there to listen anyway? No. I went and I found my class.
[00:11:09] Co:
They were taking muster. I had to be there.
[00:11:13] Brodie:
That's awesome. Oh, that would freak you out. Right. Why are we learning about the crashes? That's the stuff we wanna avoid or what?
[00:11:26] Co:
Teaching me what not to do. Right.
[00:11:31] Brodie:
So with my news story, got me thinking about the different communities because it said it was in James City County. Yes. It what why would it say City County. It's a I got a map of them. So you got, Hampton County and then Newport News County and then James City County. It's north. And it kinda goes around Williamsburg. Okay. Because Williamsburg is its own county, but James City County goes all the way around it. Okay. I guess there's York County on one side of that. I just happen to have a map of counties up so I can speak like I'm really intelligent.
You did it. Nice. Congratulations. Yeah. But so I looked it up. I'm like, why would they say county Mhmm. For something that happened at a specific place instead of the town? Right? So I was looking at the specific place, and it happened in Nordegen. Wait. I got a It's spelled n o r g e, so I had to look up how to say it. Norway in Norwegian is said as Norge. Norge. And it's Norwegian for Norway.
[00:13:00] Co:
Oh, okay.
[00:13:01] Brodie:
And so it's a little town, but because it's a unincorporated community, they didn't name them the town. And I don't know what an unincorporated community is, but yeah. Kinda cool, though. Right? Like Kinda cool. So I looked up more about that place, and a bunch of Norwegians, when they immigrated, just set up their own little community and called it Nordica. Oh. And it's been that way since. Interesting. Pretty fun. Yeah. So kind of a little community within a community.
[00:13:38] Co:
Yeah. Yeah.
[00:13:40] Brodie:
That is interesting. Yeah. And there's stuff like that all over the place. I'm kind of finding out. Yeah. Kind of a teaser there too, though, because I need to look more into some of it. Oh, no. I wanna look into it.
[00:13:56] Co:
Right? Yeah. You know, it kinda makes me think about, like, the Amish. Mhmm. I I don't know that this is related in any way at all. But it that's just what I thought about, you know, how they have their own language and kind of live off to themselves. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:14:17] Brodie:
Makes me wanna go visit Nordaga.
[00:14:20] Co:
Nordaga. Yep.
[00:14:21] Brodie:
I wonder if they even say it like that anymore or if it's Nor Norge. Yeah. Norge. Well, I'll have to drive up there and ask somebody. Well, what's the weather gonna be like? Have you looked too much into it?
[00:14:46] Co:
I haven't looked too much into it, but I have, the ten day Ford
[00:14:52] Brodie:
Norfolk in front of me. You know, I don't think we did well last time. Nope? Didn't we say it wasn't gonna rain until Sunday? Oh, I remember. For the marathon, it was gonna be raining.
[00:15:07] Co:
So you're gonna try to verify the forecast here?
[00:15:11] Brodie:
No. I just was I was upset because it was cold and rainy. Now I'm ready for the rain to be done and the cold. I'm ready for it. Right now, it's 57 at the airport, 59 at, Oceana, and then it's 62 down at Fentress. Were you guys 63 or so?
[00:15:36] Co:
I got 62.
[00:15:38] Brodie:
Nice. Oh, yep. 62 in Chesapeake. So what's the seven days looking like?
[00:15:46] Co:
So tonight well, I just have for Norfolk pulled up, clear skies, 44 degrees. Winds from from the north, five to 10 miles per hour. Tomorrow's mostly sunny with a high of 66, and then 13% chance of precipitation on tomorrow night. Thursday, high of 76, partly cloudy. 24% chance precip in the daytime, and then increasing the 74% at night. Winds are about 18 miles per hour. And then on Friday, I have mostly sunny. And then some winds, temp your max temperature will be 59. And then The winds kicks up seas? Winds kicked up kicks up, northwest to 20 miles per hour on Friday. And then for Saturday, I have a high of 69.
Mostly sunny winds from the West Southwest, 17 miles per hour during the day, decreasing to 12, in the evening. And then by Sunday, we'll have a max of 57, mostly cloudy skies. And winds, going from Northeast in the daytime Southeast
[00:17:07] Brodie:
at nighttime about 10 miles per hour. Just to reiterate, the seas on Friday cooks up to four to five feet on the Chesapeake. So we're running this podcast on a value for value system. So if you get any value out of our stories or what we're talking about And we hope you do. Yeah. Hope so and become better neighbors.
[00:17:31] Co:
Yeah. Right? We build our community.
[00:17:34] Brodie:
Yeah. It's been a lot of fun for me, at least. Yes. It has. If you get any value out of that, then give some value back. We call you neighbors, not listeners. And that value can be anything from, like, art for the show or, sounds for intro, outro sound kind of stuff or little, things we can play in between or sending us some tips. Like, this is going on this weekend and or this is going on at this place. That'd be great. Helps us out and helps us show out, or some local news that we're not catching or, or some monetary value. And you can do that at, tidewatertalk.com and or send a note for us at [email protected].
And yeah. Hear anything that you gotta say. Yeah. Definitely. Do you got any tips for us, Carl? I saw
[00:18:38] Co:
a tip from so after the heavy rains, that we had a couple of weeks ago, there were, some tips for insurance claims after after storms in Hampton Roads. So just I mean, some of this stuff is common knowledge, but, you know, just in case you need a reminder of some things to do to you know, if you if you have property damage or anything from, natural disasters. First thing you wanna do is take a picture and make sure they document it. And then if you can, you know, you can try to patch things up or remove branches or, you know, to anything that you have to do to prevent further damage without further or without injuring yourself.
So officials say, as long as you have insurance before the storm, you're covered for damages caused by nature. Each case is different depending on the damage caused to the property. And in some cases, you may need a professional to come out and assess the damage and harm, in the home. Trying, excuse me. You wanna get a estimate for how much is going how how much it's gonna cost, and then you can have somebody come out. Most insurance companies, if you document what's happened, will reimburse you for that. So they say the important thing is shoring up the damage so that it does not create further damage, particularly if it were raining or, you know, continuing wind event or something like that.
And he says that it is best to know what you're working with and run your scenario by your insurance agent before filing a claim.
[00:20:28] Brodie:
Right. That's good.
[00:20:34] Co:
That's a good tip. That's a good tip. Thanks.
[00:20:40] Brodie:
Mine got the Hampton Flea Market is open on Saturday. Oh. Yeah. I love flea markets in those. I do too. Yeah. I love, just artistic stuff and then looking through old stuff. And then my boy loves, like, all the food. They usually have all kinds of food out, people selling it or making it on the spot. What's that? Classic donuts is usually out and those kind of things. Oh my gosh. My daughter won
[00:21:15] Co:
a, gift card to Classic Donuts at, like, a holiday party, and I'd never heard of it before. She looked it up and and, you know, ended up going into their truck and bringing some home. And my husband, like, follows the truck. Like Yeah. He you know, every Thursday, they set up next to his job, and he goes and gets in line and buys donuts for the office.
[00:21:43] Brodie:
Awesome.
[00:21:44] Co:
And, folks at our at our job too, they go to classic on Wednesday.
[00:21:50] Brodie:
Yeah. I always bring one for some reason, I'm I've already eaten breakfast. Dang it. Like, oh, those are the best things ever. I've heard really great things about them. Yeah. I'll put a link to them in the show notes in case people don't know what I'm talking about. But, yeah, they're just the best. Best donuts ever. They're these huge things. They make them right in front of you in this trailer. Mhmm. And they go all over the area. They take that trailer to different places, and they have their their schedule online. I think it's on Facebook. Says we'll be at this place on Monday and this place on Tuesday, and so you can go get a whole bunch of them whatever day you're up.
Yeah. But they usually have that kind of stuff, flea market. And I guess this Hampton Flea Market is every Saturday for a while. Oh. Oh, no. Every fourth Saturday for Every fourth Saturday. I'm a write that down. Starting in March. Yeah. And it exists to support local businesses. Yes. I wanna get over there and try that out.
[00:22:59] Co:
Yeah. I just love seeing, like, all the things that people have. Like, I like, the people that make things out of wood or the people that make things out of metal or three d printing or or crocheting. You know? Like, just all these creative things. Really creative people are amazing. I had a couple more things happening this weekend. Yeah. Good. Virginia Arts Festival is Saturday at, Attucks Theater in Norfolk. I don't even know where that is, really. I haven't heard of that one. But that's from 07:30 to 10:30. And then Saturday and Sunday, the Rhewin Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, on Saturday from eleven to three, and Sunday from one to five at the Scope Arena. What was that one again? Say that again. The circus. The ringtone. The circus.
[00:23:53] Brodie:
Awesome. Sorry. Wasn't paying attention. Dang. I was trying to look up the Attucks Theater.
[00:24:01] Co:
A T T U C K S. U C. Oh, it's in Norfolk.
[00:24:06] Brodie:
Yeah. Cool. Why hadn't I heard of that one? I hadn't heard of that one either. So cool seeing things like this. Like, I was talking to a guy that his family's been here for generations. Mhmm. And he said that he was telling me a story about his family working at a hunt club. There was a club, and I don't think it's the same as the one that's out there now, the hunt club.
[00:24:34] Co:
Look at the cattle there.
[00:24:36] Brodie:
Yeah. Yeah. But he said his parents worked there, and I think his grandparents also. They they just worked there. And there was a guy, colonel slow. No. I'm gonna forget that one. Colonel Slover. Slover. Colonel Slover. And they said, this guy said at least that he walked here on the train tracks with just a quarter to his name and ended up owning all the newspapers in town and becoming a huge media mogul. And now the library in Norfolk is named the Slover Library. I didn't even know that. Or there's one of them, at least. I'm sure there's more libraries than that, but one of the libraries is the Slover Library.
[00:25:30] Co:
That's cool. I'm a have to pick it up.
[00:25:33] Brodie:
Yeah. There's you just learn all kinds of cool stuff while you're looking around the area. Like, everybody's,
[00:25:40] Co:
story starts with how much money they had in their pocket.
[00:25:45] Brodie:
Right.
[00:25:46] Co:
Yeah.
[00:25:49] Brodie:
Yeah. I'm not sure if it's true. I haven't really, like, dug into his history yet, but it's just cool to see all the ways that our community has grown.
[00:25:59] Co:
Yeah. Definitely.
[00:26:02] Brodie:
Really fun reading that Witch of Pongo How's that going? Still. It's so fun. Realized that we started with this whole area was just swamps and creeks and and tons of trees, and it's still talking about what life was like back then. Mhmm. I just can't imagine living like that. It's so hard to grow the food, and if anything goes wrong, then you're just destitute and you have to really rely on your neighbors and That's true. But there was no roads either, so you couldn't just go to the neighbor's house. You had to take a kayak or a canoe or something over to them. Everybody was connected by water. Really interesting stuff. That is interesting. Can't wait to dig more into it and learn more about the community.
[00:26:53] Co:
Yeah. I'm a have I still have to get a copy so I could catch up.
[00:26:57] Brodie:
Yeah. That's fine. What else do you have to add? I think that's all I got. I don't have anything else either. So we'll wrap it up and talk to you guys next week.
[00:27:10] Co:
And that wraps up another week's edition of Tidewater Talk. Thanks for hanging out with us. Don't forget to check us out at tidewatertalk.com. Have a fantastic week, and we'll catch y'all next time. Try and top that for a killer show.
Welcome to Tidewater Talk
Personal Stories
Local News: School Safety Concerns
Community Vibrancy and Engagement
Tragic Train Accident and Local Geography
Exploring Local Communities
Weather Forecast for the Week
Value for Value: Supporting the Show
Insurance Tips After Storms
Local Events and Flea Markets
Historical Tidbits and Local Legends
Closing Thoughts and Farewell
