{"id":621713,"date":"2017-05-30T03:13:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T08:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=621713"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:14:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T16:14:58","slug":"thousands-without-power-following-sundays-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=621713","title":{"rendered":"Thousands without Power Following Sunday&#8217;s Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/05\/swepco2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/05\/swepco2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-621714\" \/><\/a>EAST TEXAS &#8212; Thousands of residents in and around the Longview area are still without power following severe storms over the weekend.  As of 8:00 Monday night, SWEPCO has been able to restore power to 57,000 customers, more than half of the customers who lost electric service due to Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s storm. Approximately 45,600 customers remain without power. Sunday night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s storm packed winds of up to 60 miles per hour and downed power lines and trees across East Texas. An EF-1 tornado was confirmed in the Longview area. More than 421 men and women are working to restore power to SWEPCO customers in the Ark-La-Tex. The estimated restoration times below tell when the company expects to have power restored to 95 percent of customers in an area. Power may be restored prior to their estimate.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>LONGVIEW DISTRICT (62,000 at peak \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 29,685 at 8 pm Tuesday)<\/p>\n<p>Carthage \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 3,476 Wednesday at 10 pm<br \/>\nGladewater \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 811 Wednesday at 5 pm<br \/>\nKilgore \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 435 Wednesday at 10 pm<br \/>\nLongview \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 23,985 Friday at 5 pm<br \/>\nMarshall \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 885 Wednesday at 10 pm<\/p>\n<p> DOWNED LINES &#8211; Never touch a downed utility wire, no matter how harmless it looks. It can be difficult to distinguish between a power line and a cable or telephone line. All downed lines should be considered energized and dangerous. And don&#8217;t touch anything in contact with the line, such as trees, fences or puddles of water, since they can conduct electricity. Keep children and pets away from this potential hazard. Call SWEPCO to report any downed lines or equipment.<\/p>\n<p>PORTABLE GENERATOR SAFETY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c If you use a portable or RV generator, do not plug the generator into your circuit box. Portable generators &#8220;backfeed&#8221; electricity up the line and risk the lives of repair workers and the public. Follow the manufacturers&#8217; instructions carefully, and plug essential appliances directly into the generator.<\/p>\n<p>WEATHERHEAD DAMAGE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c If the weatherhead or meter base at your home or business has been damaged or pulled away from the structure, you will need to have it repaired by a licensed electrician before SWEPCO can safely reconnect service. Once the repair is made, please contact SWEPCO so your service can be reconnected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST TEXAS &#8212; Thousands of residents in and around the Longview area are still without power following severe storms over the weekend. As of 8:00 Monday night, SWEPCO has been able to restore power to 57,000 customers, more than half of the customers who lost electric service due to Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s storm. Approximately 45,600 customers remain &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=621713\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thousands without Power Following Sunday&#8217;s Storms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":621714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 08:30:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=621713"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621782,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621713\/revisions\/621782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/621714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=621713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=621713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=621713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}