Losses for 100 homes. Getting lights on. Thats what its all about. , this time to trees fell knocking out traffic lights and power to 300 customers, including businesses on main street. We were fortunate. Its a small section, but its in a key area that is difficult to reroute. At manassas it was a day of holding onto your hat, letting go of your patients, and reaching for days ahead. Its that time. A lot of people feeling exactly that way. A spokesperson for the Power Company tells me unlike snow and ice, heavy wind can be unpredictable because you never know when a strong gust is going to strike, where its going to strike, knocking down power this, power poles, or in case, a structure collapse. According to a spokesperson for the city of alexandria, an engineer deemed this building structurally sound. Residents are not back in now. They are staying with friends and neighbors. The winds made conditions very tough for firefighters. One firefighter was hurt that pulling a wind fueled hou