Crime & Safety

Where Were You During the East Arlington Microburst?

Share your first-hand account of Wednesday evening's storm in the comments section below or by emailing Arlington Patch Editor John Waller at john.waller@patch.com.

East Arlington's Mike Prior was at home with his 5-year-old daughter Meghan, who was playing dress-up, when the microburst rolled through the neighborhood Wednesday evening, (photos attached).

Michelle Pirog, an Arlington native, was in her apartment at 276 Massachusetts Ave. when the storm hit.

"Been to Niagra Falls? Imagine looking at your window into them," she said later Wednesday night. "You see absolutely nothing but a real white wall."

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Pirog's 2011 Nissan Versa, which she had just bought and had less than 3,000 miles on it, was buried under a tree, along with four or five other vehicles, in the parking lot behind 276 Massachusetts Ave. (photo attached).

Where were you during the East Arlington microburst?

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