--- title: Tumbleweeds Bury Neighborhood in Victorville, California description: A tumbleweed takeover in Victorville, California, prompted a cry for help from the residents of one particularly infested neighborhood. canonical: https://time.com/5244918/tumbleweed-takeover-victorville-california/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-18T16:58:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:16.633Z og:title: Neighborhood Calls for Help After Being Buried in Tumbleweeds og:description: Some homes accumulated enough tumbleweeds to reach their second stories og:url: https://time.com/5244918/tumbleweed-takeover-victorville-california/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Neighborhood Calls for Help After Being Buried in Tumbleweeds twitter:description: Some homes accumulated enough tumbleweeds to reach their second stories twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Neighborhood Calls for Help After Getting Buried in Tumbleweed Takeover  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 18, 2018 4:58 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 18, 2018 4:58 PM UTC A [tumbleweed takeover](http://time.com/4228905/australia-tumbleweeds/) in [California](http://time.com/5242054/california-blocked-national-guard-troops-border/) prompted a cry for help from the residents of one particularly infested [neighborhood](http://time.com/4975612/photography-california-wildfires-coffey-park/). After the strong winds that swept across Southern California on Monday left the High Desert community of Victorville buried in tumbleweeds, locals were forced to ask the city for help removing the prickly bushes. As many as 150 homes were affected in one neighborhood that faces open desert, Victorville spokeswoman Sue Jones told the [Daily Press](http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20180416/tumbleweed-takeover-high-winds-leave-neighborhood-overrun), with some houses accumulating enough tumbleweeds to reach their second stories. “Normally you get a few flying down the street or whatnot, but never this many that will stack up even this much, and this is mild compared to what it was actually in the back yard and in the front of the house. So no, it’s never been this bad,” Victorville resident Tanya Speight told [KABC-TV](http://abc7.com/weather/tumbleweeds-inundate-homes-in-high-desert/3357227/). Crews from the city’s Public Works, Code Enforcement and Community Services divisions as well as the San Bernardino County Fire Department were sent to assist with the cleanup. > [](https://twitter.com/ABC7/status/986354560967950336) > [](https://twitter.com/DobisDaily/status/986320618629939200) > [](https://twitter.com/tina%5Fpatel/status/986076306587578368) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5244918/tumbleweed-takeover-victorville-california/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5244918/tumbleweed-takeover-victorville-california/"},"headline":"Neighborhood Calls for Help After Getting Buried in Tumbleweed Takeover","datePublished":"2018-04-18T16:58:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:16.633Z","description":"Some homes accumulated enough tumbleweeds to reach their second stories","url":"https://time.com/5244918/tumbleweed-takeover-victorville-california/","keywords":["Newsfeed","weather","California","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5244918/tumbleweed-takeover-victorville-california/","name":"Neighborhood Calls for Help After Getting Buried in Tumbleweed Takeover"}}]}] ```