Sam Houston Electric Cooperative crews have restored power to 31,000 members following yesterday’s early morning storm.
“While not quite on the scale as a hurricane, damage from this storm has been very similar, with many broken poles, snapped crossarms, downed power lines, and lightning-related problems,” Chief Operations Officer David Babcock said. “In several areas, our guys are finding hundreds of feet of lines laying on the ground, with 7 or 8 broken poles."
"Crews have made excellent progress over the past 36 hours," Babcock added. "Cutting trees off the lines is a dangerous and time consuming job that is necessary before the lines can be rebuilt. The tree crews and our line technicians have done a great job, and they will continue working to restore service to those who remain without power.”
As of 5 p.m. Thursday crews are still working to restore power to 2,978 Cooperative members.
Hardin - 3
Jasper - 1
Liberty - 104
Montgomery - 907
Polk - 427
San Jacinto - 188
Tyler - 1,289
Walker - 59