Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Third Set of Images from Storms

Electric Contractors from Alabama Help Oncor with power restoration.
More out-of-town contractors assist Oncor with getting the power back on.

Two more big trees lost that I missed totally. Also,found 4 more in areas that are able to be seen but cannot get close because they are on private property on the back side of homes. And, in the dense forest along White Rock Creek there are those four. That brings the total to over 50 trees down with
The number of out-of-town utility contractors are seen staged everywhere. Today, I was only mile from home when I ran across a group of guys from Sumter,South Carolina. The guys that I talked to work for the South Carolina  contractor but they were from Alabama. Alabama Power has many crews here and the 350,000 without power is now down to less than 20,000.

The park crews are making their mark on the cleanup, too. It is amazing what these guys do for the park. This year, thus far, they have had three flood clean ups on the shoreline and trails, put the carnage from this storm. For one, I know that I appreciate what they do for the park and they like for people to tell them how much they are appreciated as well as any one does. I thanked three guys today for their work.

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