Storm Aftermath -- The Slow Recovery
Nearly a quarter million households in the greater Louisville area are still without power in the wake of Sunday afternoon's storm. This is the result of over 5,000 broken lines and nearly 300 snapped utility poles. American Electric Power reported that over 300,000 were still without power in central Ohio and it might be six more days until everyone has power restored. Duke Energy reported 500,000 still out of service in the Greater Cincinnati area, including our service area in Northern Kentucky. Needless to say, this type of damage affects all utilities are impacted by the damage of this surprise severe weather. We are too.
Our Network Operations Center (NOC) remains without power. Those of you outside the Louisville market and those in Louisville who have power and Internet service remain online because of the back-up generators that have now been keeping us up and running for over 30 hours.
