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We weren t alone. , All along Main Street in Washington, folks were iwalking about or gathering to speculate just when Allegheny Power would have the problem fixed. John McCarthy’s office became the hub for us as Candy’s phone worked - backed by a generator. Jan Makela was in the right place at the right time as she offered the services of her husband, Ron, who quickly arrived with a generator and a mass of orange extension cords.
Still in the semi-light of shadowed office space, we were able to get our computers running but no Internet. All of our proofing is done through email with Leesburg.
As the hours ticked away, stories were waiting to be written and proofed, photos to find and size and captions to match. Corresponding with our sister " paper in Warrenton was done via Candy and the one nearby phone that was working.
Our production folks got the printer to rearrange his people for an undoubtedly late paper. The Country Cafe closed for awhile. The schools closed early and afternoon activities canceled.
Then, at nearly noon, the power was restored. The lights came back on, the phones worked, and Ron left with his orange cords and generator as our techie arrived from corporate to get everything back online.
From reports that we received, the problem that took down two of Allegheny’s substations were errant, no doubt terrorist, squirrels. Power was lost to 1900 customers comprising the bulk of Rappahannock residents.
Thank you Ron Makela and to everyone who helped us!
And, hopefully, you are reading The Rappahannock News on Thursday morning. *
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