2024-05-15 03:19:00
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) – 4 hundred utility poles have been snapped after tornadoes raced by way of Tallahassee.
“They initially had extra energy outages than Dothan Utilities serves,” mentioned Chris Phillips, assistant director at Dothan Utilities.
The variety of poles downed exceeded these affected throughout hurricanes Hermine, Irma and Michael. This prompted a crew of seven individuals to assist at Dothan Utilities.
“Our guys are actually desperate to go on the market and assist,” Phillips mentioned.
Linemen from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina have been working since Friday afternoon.
“We usually attempt to rotate between 4 line groups and provides every a chance to go and assist their neighbors,” Phillips mentioned.
That is doable due to a mutual help settlement between the neighboring states.
“By this, it provides us the flexibility to go and assist neighbors when they’re in want,” mentioned Phillips.
With greater than 400 energy strains knocked out by the storm in Tallahassee, that crew knew they needed to pack their baggage and hit the highway, understanding they might do the identical for them.
“We had some crews come right here throughout Hurricane Michael,” Phillips mentioned. “We could not have gotten all our clients again on-line with out their assist.”
With tropical storm season upon us, Phillips needs to do all the pieces he can to assist households within the Southeast keep linked.
“We’re all the time making an attempt to ship assist to individuals,” Phillips mentioned. “There’s all the time going to come back a day when Dothan Utilities could have a necessity. It feels good to return the favor.”
Crews are at the moment nonetheless working to get better components of Tallahassee, with Phillips saying the Dothan Utilities crew will possible stay in Tallahassee by way of the top of the week.
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