County Crew Knocks Down Pole; Hundreds Without Power

July 27, 2011

Hundreds of Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers in and near Century, Bratt and Byrneville were without power for several hours this morning.

An EREC spokesperson said the Escambia County Road Department knocked down a three-phase pole that serves EREC’s Bratt Substation.

The county worker mowing with a tractor and Bush Hog was unable to see a guy wire on the pole on West Highway 4 near Raines Road. The collision snapped the pole in half. The worker was not injured.

Power was restored just after noon.

Comments

10 Responses to “County Crew Knocks Down Pole; Hundreds Without Power”

  1. David Huie Green on July 30th, 2011 10:49 am

    REGARDING:
    “Good job guys”

    Daddy said that was confusing to him when he joined the Army, people calling each other “guys” . When he was growing up, he only knew of guys as used in the story – a tensile member for stability. Up north, it was used to describe people. Especially strange when heard as part of the phrase “youse guys”.

    Live and learn.

    David with irrelevant comment

  2. David Huie Green on July 30th, 2011 10:43 am

    OOPS

  3. Just Wondering' on July 28th, 2011 8:12 am

    Thanks, Sniper! Now I know!

  4. bullwinkle on July 27th, 2011 10:08 pm

    I agree with ref good job guys I was without power for just a bit. But y’all got me back up and running and I was able to get back on my faithful news website northescambia gotta love william and all he does for us keep up the good work!

  5. REF on July 27th, 2011 9:59 pm

    Good job guys.. Be careful out there it’s hot an dangerous work…

  6. April D. on July 27th, 2011 8:44 pm

    Dont feel bad I gotta big tree fixen to take ours out it fell but another tree caught it . would move it but scared it will get me shocked when i called gulf power they told be they are not it the tree cuttin busness. ok so before people ask why i dont have it cut well i called and for the one tree to be removed 475.00 sorry but i cant do that no time soon. Funny how in town you dont see many trees on the electric lines but up on the north in well…guess when hurricane comes they will remove them then

  7. sniper on July 27th, 2011 3:18 pm

    A guy-wire or guy-rope, also known as simply a guy, is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to structures (frequently ship masts, radio masts, wind turbines, utility poles, and tents). One end of the cable is attached to the structure, and the other is anchored to the ground at a distance from the structure’s base. They are often configured radially (equally spaced about the structure) in trios, quads (pairs of pairs) or other sets. This allows the tension of each guy-wire to offset the others. For example, roof antennas are sometimes held up by three guy-wires.

    from wikipedia

  8. Just Wonderin' on July 27th, 2011 2:26 pm

    Is it a guy wire or a guide wire? I always heard guy wire in TN but figured it was just a local thing. Wonder where that term came from if it’s a “guy” wire?…

  9. byrnville on July 27th, 2011 1:44 pm

    bet it wasnt all that cold fixin dat pole either…good job guys

  10. Kim on July 27th, 2011 11:30 am

    Thank goodness for our generator!!!! It got hot here on Stuckey Rd!!!!!

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