Page 91 - Lineman News Today

Athens Utilities Linemen see a lot of support after long week tackling outages How the snow and ice is impacting Limestone County By Caroline Klapp | February 18, 2021 at 9:23 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 10:47 PM LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - After days of battling power outages in Limestone County, outages are down to just two customers as of Thursday night. But it took a big crew of linemen to make that happen. From over 4,400 people down to just two, linemen in Limestone County ha...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Power companies across the ArkLaTex continue to restore electricity to their customers.

Outlet variety. kim kardashian and kanye west have been married for seven years. tmz claims the split is amicable and that kardashian asked forjoint custody of their four children. variety cited a court source as saying the divorce papers were filed on friday. so just to remind you that breaking news, its being reported in the united states that reality star kim kardashian has filed papers to divorce her rapper husband kanye west. a power crisis in the us state of texas has become a water crisis...

And running again but many homes are still without power as workers rush to repair damaged or frozen powerlines. meanwhile — texas senator, ted cruz, has been criticised for flying to mexico for a family holiday in the midst of the crisis. he has since returned. jason whitely is a senior reporter at wfaa—tv channel 8 in dallas. he told me there is some good news — at least for the residents of fort worth we got above freezing for the first time in a week which is substantial considering th...

Economies have pledged billions of dollars to the uns global fund for coronavirus vaccines. a power crisis in the us state of texas has become a water crisis. millions are being told to boil water before drinking it — as severe winter weather brings more chaos and disruption. nearly half of all texans — around 13 million people — have had water services disrupted. hospitals in some hard—hit areas have had to transfer patients elsewhere due to shortages. the states energy grid is up and r...

Jillian: thank you for joining us and your relief efforts. keep us updated. the lieutenant governor of texas, the water crisis never should have happened. >> we need a portfolio on america and texas, nuclear, cleanburning is called, fossil fuel, natural gas. we had this issue for a couple reasons. they have 10 inches of snow today. it is unheralded but what happened should never have happened. we have this group, not-for-profit, they told us, the leadership in the state last week, they were read...

Princess lara, thank you for joining us, peach, katie pavlich, harris, see you tomorrow. think of her joining us. >> this is a fox news alert on the growing crisis in texas, the power slowly returning across the state at this hour, yet still tens of thousands are without power or heat days after a massive winter storm brought the power grid there to its knees. and now many are without food and water. hello, everyone, i am sandra smith. >> john roberts in washington, and nearly 60 people have die...

>> reporter: a military plane transporting 84,000 bottles of water from california landed in galveston texas. water and distribution sites in houston and san antonio. >> i dont think any of us was expecting this. and for it to be like this. so it is all about survival until it starts getting warm. >> no water, and i have a 7-year-old and it is like, it is tough. >> reporter: some 16 million texans are battling water disruptions as more than 1200 public water systems afighting to fix disruptions....

Whatever happened in ercot falling shot never happens again. >> reporter: governor greg abbott is calling on state lawmakers to pay for power plant weatherzation upgrades. >> to ensure that all the machinery that froze up and was unable to generate the power you need, that may require funding. the state of texas should step up and provide that funding. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people are still without power in texas but getting them online will require utility crews to repair damage inf...

Federal regulations. this week the texas system, which is operated by the electric reliability council of texas or ercot, failed. >> im taking responsibility for the current status of ercot. again, i find what has happened unacceptable. >> reporter: planning for a once in a decade storm is expensive but it is possible and worth it, says el paso electric, if it prevents disaster like what weve seen this week. >> when we saw what happened in 2011, we made a decision and said never again. >> report...