Pr. George's Asks For Public Help With Microburst Relief
County officials set up charitable relief fund, seek clothing and food donations to help victims of Friday's storm.
The microburst which swept through Bladensburg and Cheverly last Friday has left at least 21 homes uninhabitable. Now county officials are turning to the public for help as they deal with those displaced by the storm, setting up a special fund for victims and soliciting donations for a food drive. So far, the Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resources has inspected 126 structures for damage. A variety of county, state and nonprofit agencies are trying to get assistance to those impacted by the storm. County officials also are urging residents and property owners whose structures may have sustained structural damage during the storm to call into the county Office of Emergency Management to schedule a damage assessment. …
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Ivan Neal
11:40 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
It was crazy....I work at the Italian Inn which is located right up the street from Bladensburg High Schol....at 6221 Annapolis Road Bladensburg, Md.....we lost power to the business and when I went to work today it was still down....but what I can tell you is that I saw a convoy of electric companies from out of state lined up across from our restaurant......I tell you it was not good...it was … more ›