Cullman EC's linemen as well as contract crews and tree trimming crews have been working since the early morning hours to restore power to more than 17,000 Cullman EC members. The thunderstorms that moved through North Alabama last night did not cause as much of a problem as the high winds that came behind it.
As of 8:50 a.m., power had been restored to more than 4,000 members. The co-op's operations center is a hectic place right now, with most of the people working having come in during the middle of the night. From what we could tell during our visit, it will be an all-day process to make the repairs.
This picture was taken just before 9 a.m. Monday morning. Every red, green and yellow dot on the map is a power outage that has been reported. Unfortunately, that is the most "colorful" anyone has seen the map in a long time.
Currently our system is showing 340 reported outages. That means there are hundreds of places Cullman EC's linemen have to go all across the country before everyone will have their power restored. Sometimes, making repairs to one outage will restore power for everyone who is out if, for example, the problem is at the substation that supplies an entire area. But high wind usually leads to trees falling or lots of branches touching powerlines, creating lots and lots of small power outages all over the service territory.
We'll provided updates as they come, and hopefully some pictures of the repair work.
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