VICTORVILLE, CA (KABC/CNN) - A community is being overwhelmed by tumbleweeds.
On Tuesday, heavy winds brought hundreds of tumbleweeds from the high desert into the city. Many of them piled up in the yards of area homeowners.
Victorville's code enforcement division was brought in to remove the prickly bushes by the truckload.
Resident Nav Mangat said one of her neighbors was trapped in their home for two hours because of the tumbleweeds piling up at the front door and garage.
This picture courtesy of @cityofvv. Strong winds have caused tumbleweeds to pile up on Mesa Street in Victorville! Strong winds (at times gusting in excess of 50 mph) will continue in the high deserts through the evening hours. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/Hgs11t1Wfy
— NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) April 17, 2018
"They were just flowing like it was a tornado yesterday," she said. "And it was just flowing from that side to this side, this side to this side.
Officials say open fields are to blame for the problem.
I? guarantee these people didn’t think the killer possessed tumbleweeds in my short story “Garden of Legion” was a joke! #weirdwest pic.twitter.com/jUZqRWIZtk
— ?? David J. West ?? (@David_JWest) April 17, 2018
They said when the wind kicks up, the tumbleweeds arrive in force.
The residents of Victorville probably were too busy to call to mind the classic song from Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers.
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