Rockingham Takes A $2 Million Hit
Storm Toll Widespread; Outages Persist In Area
Posted: July 5, 2012
Mark Facknitz uses an ax and Andrew Strawderman a chain saw to break up a pine tree blown over during Friday’s storm at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg. Property damage caused by the “derecho” in Rockingham County is estimated at $1.9 million, and even that number is expected to rise. (Photo by Michael Reilly)
John Good of Lancaster, Pa., stocks up on ice at the Red Front Supermarket on Tuesday. Good needed the ice for the Weaver family reunion in West Virginia’s Lost River State Park, which was hit hard by the weekend’s storm.
Texas-based utility contractors work on lines along Singers Glen Road on Tuesday.
Preston Freeman checks out the metal roof of a home Tuesday that lodged in a walnut tree at the Harrisonburg home of his sister-in-law, Barbara Alford.
To See This and Every Local Story from The Daily News-Record, Click Here to Become a Subscriber!
Login to view the full story
