Storm Tosses Boats On Reston Lakes

Thursday's massive rainstorm in Reston caused all kinds of damage to basements, cars and other property.

For lakefront homeowners, docks were temporarily underwater and boats were submerged, moved and lifted to land by the storm that

Lake Audubon homeowner Paul Hartke reports that pontoon and dock boats were left "in a variety of precarious positions."

Hartke said one Lake Audubon boat floated completely on to the land of the nearby townhouses.  Another had been lifted in front and left partly submerged. 

Hartke, who has a pontoon boat, has some advice for boat owners on how to get your boat back where it belongs. To read the post and see more pictures of storm-tossed boats, click here.