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America's Electric-Power Industry Is Ready to Respond to Power Outages Resulting from Hurricane Florence
Statements from Scott Aaronson--the Edison Electric Institute's vice president of
security and preparedness--in:
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(43 seconds total)
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(AARONSON--BITE
#1):
"ELECTRIC-COMPANIES IN THE PATH OF
'HURRICANE FLORENCE' HAVE ACTIVATED THEIR EMERGENCY-RESPONSE PLANS, AND HAVE PRE-POSITIONED BOTH CREWS AND
EQUIPMENT--SO THAT THEY CAN RESPOND QUICKLY, TO ANY POWER-OUTAGES, ONCE IT'S SAFE TO DO SO."
(AARONSON--BITE
#2):
"MORE THAN 40-THOUSAND
WORKERS--FROM AT LEAST 17 STATES--ARE ALREADY MOBILIZED, TO RESPOND TO
'FLORENCE', IN POTENTIALLY IMPACTED STATES. AND, WHILE ITS INTENSITY HAS DIMINISHED, THE THREAT HAS NOT:
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND INLAND
FLOODING--AS WELL AS DESTRUCTIVE, HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS--ACROSS A WIDE AREA."
(AARONSON--BITE
#3):
"ELECTRIC-CUSTOMERS ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDED
POWER-OUTAGES: CREWS CAN'T GO UP IN BUCKET-TRUCKS, UNTIL HIGH WINDS
SUBSIDE--WHILE FLOODING WILL ALSO DELAY DAMAGE-ASSESSMENTS AND POWER-RESTORATION.
IN FLOODED AREAS, SEARCH-AND-RESCUE AND LIFE-SAFETY WILL, INDEED, BE THE TOP PRIORITY."
