Annandale hit hard by storm
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| Broyhill Crest [Cyra Doty] |
There are downed trees and power lines all over the Annandale area following a storm last night with heavy rains, strong winds, and hail.
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| Lockwood Lane at Larchmont Drive |
More than 4,300 homes are still without power in Northern Virginia, according to Dominion Virginia Power.
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| Larchmont Drive. |
The Fairfax County Police Department reports the following roads blocked or partially blocked due to trees or power lines in the roadway, as of 7 a.m.:
- Old Columbia Pike at Little River Turnpike
- Old Columbia Pike at Holyoke Drive
- Walter Woods Drive at Lily Dhu Lane
- Sleepy Hollow Road at Dearborn Drive
- Sleepy Hollow Road at Homespun Lane
- 6357 Lakeview Drive
- Gallows Road at Columbia Pike
- Vagabond Drive at Slade Run Drive
- Graham Road at Annandale Road
- 7404 Austin Street
- Ridge Road at Murray Lane
- Graham Road at Camp Alger Avenue
- 6546 Kerns Road
- Woodville Drive and Kerns Road
- Columbia Pike at Lake Barcroft Dam
- Slade Run Drive at Roundtree Road
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| Crews are clearing Sleepy Hollow Road. |
. . . and to think I was out manning the Weber through whole thing. (The first squall cloud reminded of the mean clouds from my youth in Kansas!)
Daren: You're definitely not in Kansas anymore. I had a twelve foot long poplar limb landed right next to my deck. That was followed by 16 hours without power due to the smashing of power lines a half mile away on Sleepy Hollow. Over the years, that's become an Annandale tradition. I cannot imagine why Dominion Power hasn't buried that line by now. Over the years, they must have rebuilt it ten times. – Sparky
Sparky – Indeed, an Annandale tradition. We were only out 3 hours in my neck of the woods. Fired up my 4000W gen and we were good to go.
I wish Dominion bury more lines around these areas with tons of huge trees. I would much rather pay some extra each month going forward to cover the costs of burying than having outages all the time. Each time it takes hours to get things running and we end up having to throw out a bunch of food.
Anon 1:46 PM – you are so right! Dominion makes us all pay the burden of spoiled food every time the power goes out, these are not insignificant losses. Homeowners insurance might help defray some of the cost but not repeatedly. All these lines should be buried. It would also help with the tree contortion that happens along our roadways as well.
Some of my neighbors still don't have power (7/4 2:30am) Yes, I'm a night owl but the crews are out there working through the night. They are badass! It looked like total doomsday after the storm swept through on Slade Run. It was Fierce! Power lines & large tree limbs down. Power poles snapped in two. Must have been a micro burst or something along those lines.
Buried power lines don't mean the power won't go out. That a fact.
This is true and the cost and time to do so would have people think twice about asking for buried lines. Billions of dollars and years and years of time. And then when those lines go out, they are much harder to repair.