Geisha Williams
Geisha Williams
blocking larger trees uprooted
The trees are many times larger and they were uprooted and toppled, blocking off roads. The girth, if you will, of some of these trees is very significant.
amount dealing realized trees
We realized we were dealing with a significant amount of toppled trees that will need to be removed before we can make repairs.
came fact gate left quickly
With Katrina, the fact that it came and left very quickly enabled us to get out of the gate very quickly.
customers seriously storm taking
We're taking this storm seriously and are urging our customers to do likewise.
beyond phenomena strange weather
We think we had some strange weather phenomena beyond the hurricane.
certain control plan trigger
We plan for the worst. There are certain trigger points... but you have no control over the path, no control over the intensity.
affect expect flooding forecasts heavy indicate might potential prolonged tree
Forecasts indicate we should expect heavy rainfall, potential flooding and a lot of tree debris. Flooding may affect underground facilities, and outages might be prolonged as a result.
continue customers daily gritty isolated number pole restored slowing work
The number of customers restored daily is actually slowing as we continue to work on the isolated damage. We are working neighborhood by neighborhood, pole by pole. The work is gritty and slow.
understand
It's just bizarre. We need to understand why it happened.
time
It will take years a long, long time but I think we'll see improvement.
stage tough
We're in the tough stage of the restoration.
knew
We knew this was going to be a significant restoration effort.
aggressive early effort goals lives normal quickly result setting
As a result of our early assessment, we will be setting some aggressive restoration goals in an effort to get everyone's lives back to normal as quickly as possible.
almost greater house pole spending
We're now spending the greater part of our time, almost all of our time, going pole to pole and house to house.