While crews scramble to restore power in metro Atlanta and across Georgia, it was good to spot this Georgia Power truck in the area!!
Other signs of normalcy as the winds and rain decrease: the U.S. Post Office has resumed mail delivery, MARTA buses are back in service, and Xfinity (cable company) is out handling cable outages.
While many are venturing out, it is still treacherous with so many areas still without power. Those headed back to Florida are being warned there are no hotel rooms and availability of gas between South Georgia and Orlando is not good. So, stay put where you are to give service crews more time to safely clear ALL roadways. The more cars out on the streets, the less safe it is for GDOT, GA Power and service crews to restore
According to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Commissioner today on NPR radio 90.1FM (via my battery powered radio), there are about 150 traffic signals still in need of being repaired or replaced. There are still trees in roadways and power lines down creating dangerous situations. Georgia Power says every region in the state has had outages and they have over 6,000 people out working to restore service which could still take up to a week to get everyone’s restored.
My friends in West End and my cousin in East Point had their power restored early morning or late afternoon, yet now their internet is down. Meanwhile, I am patiently waiting and praying for my power to be restored before dark.
Stay safe.
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