This picture puts into perspective the obstacles HOEC has been facing. Between poles and lines down from tornadoes to the horrible wind, members all across our service area have been affected. Any time we have a storm in a concentrated area, we move equipment and linemen to that area to respond.
Please postpone burning any brush or tornado debris; the risk of a fire getting out of control is too high right now.
Crews faced additional challenges today as the wind wrecked havoc on the lines and made it tough hanging wire. It even caused some additional outages. All in all it was still positive. Here are a couple of the great views linemen have sent in over the past few days! Thank you for your continued support. We currently have 1,230 member without power.
Winds have been very strong today; unfortunately, we now have another 700 members out due to the wind. We are aware of these new outages and crews continue to work.
Mother Nature just keeps on swinging! Due to high winds and trees that were already unstable, a main line in the West Plains area just lost power. On that line alone, more than 600 members are without power. We are aware of the outage. Resources are stretched across the service territory and linemen have been working on the outages from the tornadoes.
The warehouse has been the one of the major hubs of the Co-op during this outage. Personnel were called in Friday night immediately following the storm/tornadoes to begin preparing general materials they knew would be needed.
HOEC and assisting crews saw this beautiful sunrise over in Oregon County today. The natural beauty of the Ozarks is wonderful but at times we see the ugly power such as last Friday. Crews are making great progress and we are thankful to have all the assistance. Currently there are 995 members without power.
