COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Cobb EMC, the state’s second largest electric cooperative with more than 200,000 customer-members, says they will have extra crews on the job through the weekend to quickly respond to outages caused by Hurricane Isaias as it churns toward Georgia.
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“Anytime we see driving rain, sustained winds and even just big wind gusts that have the potential to bring down branches and trees, that can impact our lines and cause sustained outages. We prepared for the worst but hope for the best,” said Cobb EMC representative Krista Williams.
Williams told Channel 2’s Tom Regan that the electric cooperative will bring in all of the company’s 21 powerline repair crews over the weekend. In addition, they are hiring 15 outside crews to be able to quickly repair downed powerlines in the after the storm passes.
“When we see weather like this, preparations start early in the week, before the weather comes in. That’s things like maintaining our equipment and trees, even on blue sky days. It’s making sure we got our trucks stocked, all our equipment ready as well. It will be all hands-on deck. All of our employees will be working this weekend to help restore power as quickly and as safely as we can,” said Williams.
Ashley Gober, who lives in Kennesaw, is a Cobb EMC member. She said she is worried about losing power but more concerned about her parents enduring a blackout.
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“They’re elderly and have medical conditions,” said Gober
She said she’s going to be checking on them.
“And daddy’s oxygen. It could be a real problem if the power goes out, so I’m more worried about them,” said Gober.
Gober says her parents are on the power company’s medical priority list if their power gets knocked out
Cobb EMC says its customers should prepared for the storm by making sure their cellphones are fully charged, and that they have extra batteries on hand for flashlights.
Also residents should stock up on bottled water and food that doesn’t need to be refrigerated.
Customers can get outage updates at the Cobb EMC website and request text alerts.
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