Lowry Residents Pick Up Trees, Roof Tiles, Glass After Tornado
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - Homeowners are working to clear the debris littering their neighborhoods after Wednesday evening's tornado in Denver.
Nearly everyone who got hit by the storm had piles of small to medium sized branches to pick up.
In order to have the trash service collect them, the branches can't be more than four inches round and four feet long. In addition they must be bundled and tied, weighing no more than 50 pounds.
"Do we leave it here? I'm not really sure what we need to do with it," said resident Susie Austin.
She is one of about a dozen homeowners in the Lowry neighborhood who spent Thursday cleaning up.
On top of the tree that snapped in her front yard, she spent the morning picking up roof tiles and broken glass.
"I started raking my yard at 9 … I don't know what time it is now," said Austin.
The entire street was left littered with broken branches. Neighboring homes had piles of debris stacked out front, while others were getting rid of more than just branches.
"The neighbors' trampoline, over there, that's now on the floor was on my chimney," said Mona Abaza.
Abaza's brick pillars, once rooted into the ground, were pushed over like building blocks. A chunk of her fence was thrown across the alley, now stacked next to several others.
"He just moved in, where the fence is in the alley, and they're like well we'll become good friend because neither one of us has a fence," she said.
While it may take days for homeowners to get the pieces back together, Austin says, "We're gonna get it done, thank you mother nature."
If a tree needs to be removed to clear a street, the city is available for help, but they will send the bill to the property owner.
