FALLS CHURCH, Va. 鈥� The cleanup continues in the Lake Barcroft area Friday morning after a strong storm Thursday brought down trees and power lines throughout the community.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about the strongest I鈥檝e seen since I have been here in 40 years,鈥� resident George Erikson told 草莓传媒. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the first time I ever went into the basement to wait it out.鈥�
Many streets in the neighborhood are still covered in tree shrapnel from broken branches. Some streets remain blocked by downed trees.
Tree-clearing crews are making their way through the neighborhood to get the trees cleared. They will be followed by utility crews to replace power lines and cables.
Erikson said there were four large trees that were down on his property, including several that blocked the cart path down to his dock on the lake.
He was up early Friday to meet with the tree removal team to clear out those felled trees.
鈥淐alled him while the storm was going on!鈥� Erikson said.
The damage wasn鈥檛 nearly as bad for others.
Ken Leventhal was in D.C. at the time of the storm but came home to large branches down all over his property.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 anticipate and I was ultimately surprised by the force that must have been here,鈥� said Leventhal. 鈥淚t didn鈥檛 hit any cars and it didn鈥檛 break the roof.鈥�
He is clearing most of the debris himself.
鈥淧robably doing the easiest first quarter of just picking up leaves and loose debris,鈥� he said. 鈥淢y son will probably be over on the weekend and maybe we鈥檒l get a saw.鈥�
Leventhal noted that several roads were closed when he tried to get home Thursday from all of the damage left behind by the storm.
But overall, he鈥檚 grateful that it wasn鈥檛 any worse.
鈥淕otta be thankful that nobody was hurt and, in the end, the damage was not that crazy.鈥�
