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Crews Work Througout Saturday night and into Sunday Restoring Power From Cold Front Wind Damage
High winds from cold front causes outages
Savannah Smith sent this photo from Watauga County to thank Blue Ridge Energy crews for working Saturday night - on the first freezing night - to get their power back on this morning! (10/21)
Blue Ridge Energy line technicians worked throughout Saturday night and Sunday morning to restore power for nearly 4,000 members. A cold front pushing through the cooperative's service area created high winds that brought down trees and limbs, damaging power lines and breaking power poles. As of 11 am Sunday, crews continued working to restore the final 31 members.
Winds from the cold front began causing issues just before midnight. The electric system in Watauga County was most heavily damaged, with 32 different locations affected leaving 3,573 members without power. Twenty locations were damaged in Ashe County, impacting 235 members, while 5 locations were damaged in Alleghany affecting 112 members. In Caldwell one member was affected, although that number increased to 19 Sunday morning.
Please report outages over the Blue Ridge Energy mobile app or call POWERLINE: 1-800-448-2383. Also, as a safety warning: please stay FAR away from any downed power lines and trees or limbs that could be touching downed lines. Downed power lines can still be energized and therefore dangerous, even deadly!