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Harriman leaders praise rapid storm response as utility reports 24 broken poles and seeks FEMA aid
Summary
City and utility officials described major ice damage from the Jan. 24 storm — roughly 24 broken poles and a peak outage of about 3,800 customers — praised mutual-aid crews and said the city will pursue FEMA reimbursement and other disaster assistance.
City officials and the local public utility described an extensive ice storm that began the evening of Jan. 24, causing wide, scattered damage to overhead lines and leaving thousands temporarily without power.
A utility representative reported the system saw roughly 24 broken utility poles and numerous downed crossarms and lines. The utility said its first outage call came about 8:10 p.m. on Saturday and that outages peaked near 3,800 customers at about 3:00 a.m. Sunday; most customers were restored by Monday, with the last customers restored Tuesday evening. “We hit our peak outages at…
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