Photo Gallery: Holly Acres Mobile Homes Devastated by Flooding

Amid inches of mud, sewage water, debris and cars residents of the Holly Acres mobile home community were rounding up the last of their belongings Friday. 

At least 75 percent of the community will be condemned by Friday afternoon. Building inspectors were checking individual units and deciding which buildings would be able to be re-occupied and which ones were deemed unfit. 

Three or four vehicles were washed into the creek in between the mobile home community and the train tracks. A Chevy Tahoe was visible from the road, with the front bumper in the creek at nearly a 90-degree angle. 

Police officers, a Haz-Mat truck, fire and rescue crews and building inspectors were present on the property. Police were on scene to ensure the safety of the residents that were attempting to remove their possessions from their homes. According to the building inspector, once a home has an orange condemned placard on it the only people allowed to return into the structure are insurance adjusters and construction workers. Homeowners and residents will not be allowed back into a condemned structure for any reason. 

A Haz-Mat truck on scene was finishing up with a open gas leak, but officals said that eventually the area will be completely unsanitary due to sewage conditions. 

Once the water receded back into the creek, mobile homes at the bottom of the property slope were tossed off of the foundations and created a dam at the bottom of the hill. Water levels on at least a dozen trailers were well above windows, and in some cases reached to the eaves of the roofs. 

While most residents were hastily bagging up clothes, furniture and home furnishing as best they could; emotion overwhelmed them. "When it happens to you, you're like 'oh my god,' you knew enough just to get out of the house and evacuate," said one resident. 

Nearby business Mr. Hunan sustained at least six inches of water damage and owners were in the process of ripping up carpeting and furniture to make repairs, said Woodbridge District Supervisor Frank Principi.

Water and electricity remain off at Marumsco Hills and Holly Acres. The Department of Public Works hopes to open Marumsco Hills mobile home community Friday, but the power and water may not be on immediately. 

Principi made the rounds at Holly Acres after visiting the shelter established at Woodbridge Senior High School Friday morning. There are no immediate plans to close the shelter, but a plan is in the works to figure out where displaced residents can go once the shelter closes. Details will be published as soon as they emerge. 

How you can help: Call the Red Cross office at 703-368-4511; ask that your donations be earmarked for Prince William County. A more formal system for getting Holly Acres residents clothing, food and shelter for the long-term is still developing.