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Old 12-22-2009, 09:04 AM   #1
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yeah i'm in E.Tennessee, no pix but we lost power about 9:00 friday night didn't get it back till about 6:00 sunay night

that was a pain in the butt
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Old 12-22-2009, 01:15 PM   #2
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yeah i'm in E.Tennessee, no pix but we lost power about 9:00 friday night didn't get it back till about 6:00 sunay night

that was a pain in the butt
There are still a lot of folks without power over towards Kingsport and up in southwest Virginia.
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Old 12-22-2009, 01:18 PM   #3
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There are still a lot of folks without power over towards Kingsport and up in southwest Virginia.
my wifes stepmon lives between Mt City and Elizabethton she still don't have power
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I read this morning about volunteer power crews from places like Georgia working around the clock trying to get power restored. There are a lot of elderly and sick people who are in a real bind.
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Old 12-22-2009, 02:53 PM   #5
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i live in cocke county and the guys that fixed mine worked for Dillard Smith out of Kingsport, the supervisor said some of his guys were working on 3 hours sleep out of 24. that scares me when folks get tired mistake are made and frankly working on power lines mistakes kill
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We had a Bristol lineman killed less than a month ago.
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