Dahlgren cleans up after damaging storm

One of several large trees that were felled during powerful thunderstorms that hit Dahlgren.

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Brandon Hackette, an employee of the Brickman Group, the company contracted by Lincoln Housing to service base residences, sharpens the blade of a chain saw in Dahlgren as crews worked to clean up debris.

$Ethan Roberts, eight, cleans debris that fell into his family\'s yard. The Roberts family took shelter in their basement when the storm passed through.$

Damaged shingles await repair on this roof after a powerful series of thunderstorms swept through Naval Support Facility Dahlgren.

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The thunderstorms that swept through the region June 29-July 1 damaged several residences on board Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren. Trees and branches were blown down, windows broken and shingles stripped from roofs. Danny Brown, operations manager for the Brickman Group, observed the damage firsthand. "You've got 100-year old trees on this base," he said. "We were pretty lucky; it could have been a whole lot worse."