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21 December 2007

OG&E says they're done

They projected "7 to 10 days," and it took 10:

"We will not stop until every last customer's lights are on," said OG&E spokesman Brian Alford. "It was 10 days ago when we said we expected a seven- to 10-day restoration. This storm affected 300,000 customers, the largest outage in OG&E's 105-year history. We congratulate everyone who has worked so hard to restore the OG&E electric system. They did it safely, with zero accidents. We also thank our customers for their patience and understanding."

SystemWatch is reporting just under 3000 outages, presumably those individuals whose electrical hardware was damaged by the storm and who must repair it before service can be reconnected. Most of them are on Oklahoma City's south side; the city has set up a hotline to report damaged meter bases which will be open through today and which will arrange for repairs largely on FEMA's tab. (The $500 repair will be paid for, $350 by FEMA, the rest split between the city and the state; OG&E will furnish hardware.)

Posted at 8:44 AM to Soonerland


Now it says 774 so I guess they were busy yesterday :)

Posted by: ms7168 at 7:00 AM on 22 December 2007

Shuffle juxtapositioning makes for some fun navel-gazing! Might it replace strange search engine queries?

Posted by: CT at 12:23 PM on 22 December 2007

Depends on whether I could get them under the right thread or not.

Posted by: CGHill at 1:29 PM on 22 December 2007