Derecho's Impact on Kingstowne
Most of Kingstowne has power, but a few residents are still waiting.
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After Friday night's derecho storm, most of Northern Virginia got hit with power outages and structural damage. While most of the Kingstowne area was minimally affected, some areas were still without power on Monday.
Early Monday morning, a Patch reader said that part of the Hayfield Farm community was still without power. Due to the outages and other storm damage, Hayfield Farm Swim Club was closed on Monday. According to a statement on their website, the pool will need an additional eight hours after the power is restored for the pump to run before it can re-open.
Carl Sell, president of the Rose Hill Civic Association, said that Cottonwood Drive between Rose Hill Drive and Split Rock Road are also still without power.
Scott McEwan, general manager of Comfort Inn & Suites on S. Van Dorn Street, said the hotel was at full capacity on Saturday and Sunday. Occupancy rates were projected to be 60 percent for this past weekend. McEwan estimates that 50 to 60 hotel guests were staying there due to power outages.
A map of current outages can be viewed here on the Dominion Power website.
Are you still waiting for your power to come back? If so, what area do you live in? Tell us in the comments!
Mary Allan
2:25 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
I was one of the residents from Hayfield who went without power until Monday Morning. While I understand Dominion was doing their best to get the power restored, I was very disappointed in the Fairfax County Government. There was no emergency plan in place. I called my local county Supervisors office on Monday morning to ask if there were any cooling stations or free ice available. The person I spoke with told me that on the main FHairfax County Government Website there was nothing listed. It would have been nice to be able to go sit in a high school gym and cool off instead of having to pay to go to local establishments, but as we all know the county gets their cut of the gross receipts on each business in the county. As a tax payer, it was very disappointing not to have a place to go to get out of the heat considering Hayfield Secondary had power. Hopefully the Fairfax County executives will come up with a plan.
Lisa K. Brown
6:51 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Mary, I'm not sure who you spoke with, but there are several cooling shelters in Fairfax County, including Lee District RECenter off Telegraph Rd. The facility is also available for free showers and charging devices.