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ative and hired six independant contractor crews. We had as many people working on repairs as we’ve had in major winter storms,” he said.
Potomac Edison customers in Woodville, Amissville, Washington, Huntly and Flint Hill were left without power for between four and 24 hours. “The range of the storm spread us very, very thin,” said Jim Poffenberger from PotEd’s Luray office. “In the area this office is responsible for, we had 6,000 households out. We borrowed three crews from Harrisonburg (to assist with line repair).”
Poffenberger described the storm as “some kind of wind,” adding that he had received reports from Maryland of gusts up to 75 miles per hour!
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“We worked until 1 a.m. Thursday night pulling trees from roads,” reported Doug
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