Hurricane Irene brought a soaking rain, downed trees and power outages to the Potomac Communities.
Julie Bohn lives along the Occoquan River at the town that shares the same name. Though two tree limbs fell into her yard due to high winds during the height of the storm, she was happy things did not get as bad as they could have.
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Stafford will open its landfill on Eskimo Hill Road until 3 p.m. today so residents can haul away any debris and other refuse materials.
North Stafford, Va. — They said the hurricane was over hyped, that it didn’t live up to its excitement, so they decided to get out the house.
Mainstreet Grill and Bar on Va. 610 in North Stafford was one of the few places busy Saturday night as Hurricane Irene rolled through the Potomac Communities.
Stafford, Va. — When the power went out Saturday night at his home, Michael Campbell knew he had to go somewhere.
He lives on a back road in Stafford County in a wooded area with large trees. Add Hurricane Irene with wind gusts reaching up to 51 mph and soaking rains saturating the ground making the trees more likely to fall, Campbell decided to come to an emergency shelter at Brooke Point High School.
Woodbridge, Va. — The place for some boaters to ride out Hurricane Irene was on the dock at Hampton’s Landing Marina.
It was here at 7 p.m. at least two boaters decided to batten down the hatches, tie up their boats to the dock, and wait out the storm – while having a few drinks.
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Emergency shelters have not been set up in Prince William County, but officials have space available if the need arises, said Prince William County spokesman Jason Grant.
Woodbridge Senior and Freedom High schools in Woodbridge will be used as shelters if things get hairy, as will Battlefield High School and Bull Run Middle School in western Prince William.
Lake Ridge, Va. — On the checkout counter at the ABC store in Lake Ridge, printed on a piece of receipt paper was a recipe a lot of people asked for on Friday.
Light rum, dark rum, a tablespoon of passion fruit syrup and a tablespoon of lime juice. That makes a Hurricane, a drink that many customers who came into this ABC store asked the staff how to make, and will probably enjoy this weekend.
Woodbridge, Va. — A tractor trailer crashed into a telephone pole on U.S. 1 near Dumfries about 8:40 p.m. Friday, causing a large fuel spill on the highway.
Fire and rescue crews from Dumfries Triangle Volunteer Fire Department, as well as a HAZMAT crew, were called to the crash near the area of U.S. 1 and Powell’s Creek Boulevard following the crash.
While it’s seen longer lines at Christmastime, Sam’s Club in Woodbridge was still bustling with shoppers looking to stock up before the arrival of Hurricane Irene.
On order and going fast was bottled water stacked on pallets in the rear of the store. Cereal and other non-perishable foodstuffs were flying off the shelves. So were large bundles of toilet paper –– known as a staple of a winter storm now an item they must have for the approaching storm from the tropics.
