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Derecho Recovery in Burke: Sunday Evening Update

What's open, what's not.

By Susan Larson
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July 1, 2012

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Crews from West Virginia and North Carolina were reparing the power lines along Old Keene Mill Road near Hillside Avenue in Springfield late in the afternoon on Sunday, July 1.

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Crews from West Virginia and North Carolina were reparing the power lines along Old Keene Mill Road near Hillside Avenue in Springfield late in the afternoon on Sunday, July 1.

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As of 6 p.m. Sunday, Burke Patch confirmed these shopping centers are open:

Burke Centre Shopping Center at Rt. 123 and Burke Centre Parkway
Burke Towne Center Shopping Center at Burke Centre Parkway and Roberts Parkway
Old Keene Mill Shopping Center at Old Keene Mill and Rolling Roads
Springfield Plaza at Old Keene Mill and Rolling Roads
University Mall at Rt. 123 and Braddock Roads
Twinbrook Plaza at Braddock Road and Twinbrook Road
Kings Park Shopping Center at Braddock Road and Rolling Road / Lake Braddock Road
Burke Target at 10301 New Guinea Road

The stores in these shopping centers are still without power.

Burke Village Center I and II at Burke Lake Road and Burke Road - The Giant grocery store is open on minimal power and with very limited stock available.
Rolling Valley Mall at Old Keene Mill Road and Shiplett - Shoppers Food Warehouse was open for a while on Sunday, running on a generator. Stock is very limited.

These intersections are still without power:

Roberts Road at Braddock Road
Commonwealth Blvd. and Roberts Road
Burke Road and Burke Lake Road - at both ends of the bridge
Old Keene Mill Road and Shiplett
Old Keene Mill Road and Hillside Road
Old Keene Mill Road and Greeley

Crews from North Carolina and West Virginia Power Companies are working along Old Keene Mill Road to repair the damaged lines where a tree fell Friday, killing a 27-year-old motorist.

Staff in Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity's office say the community room in the West Springfield District Governmental Center is open 24/7 as an unofficial cooling center. Water and air conditioning are available there.

For more information, refer to our earlier stories:

Derecho Recovery in Burke: Hit and Miss

More Than 240,000 Without Power in Northern Virginia

Dominion: Power Outages May Last All Week

Photos: Derecho Damage in Burke, Springfield

USDA: Keep Food Safe During Power Outage

Verizon, AT&T Outages Causing Problems for Power Companies

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Thanks. We'll email you the next time we update this story.

Susan Larson

8:32 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

In an email from Anna L: "I was in Shoppers Food Warehouse in Burke today (Sunday) when their generator ran out of power! The store manager announced that the store needed to close, but all folks in line could take their food for free!! (as long as we didn't leave the line to get more loot..) They got my loyalty!!"