In rural areas such as Dodge, Saunders and one and Washington Counties, the restoration from the Blizzard still takes place. Thank you for coming to us. I'm Bill Shammer. I am Quanecia Fraser. Thousands in these rural counties are still without power. Alex McLoon from KETV Newswatch Seven is live with the next steps. OPPD says it is recorded in rural areas. Alex. YES. Bill Quanecia another record storm for OPPD. This time it said that it checked the system designs and worked with its engineers to again build damaged systems on its standards. But the rural residents tell me that they can only prepare for the worst. Utility Crews Line Highway 30 outside of Arlington, which designs the chaos, which was left Blizzard on Wednesday. Since then, Lonnie Toric has supplied his home with a generator. You have to look further. Take a look at the gas, you know, and let it run all night so that you have the heat. The farmer bought it in the 90s when he had the feeling that the weather was knocking out the power supply more often than ever. It seems with the weather patterns these days. YES. I mean, in the country you have to be pretty much prepared for what will hit you. March 19, Blizzard, the fifth largest failure in Oppd history. The crews work on circuits and lines that are torn out by hurricane winds and replaced 1200 poles. Ice structure on power lines forced a woman to start a wood stove for four days. You know, I cooked the breakfast on the cooked stove on the wood oven. I made omeletts in the morning and two different types of pans in the evening. When asked about improvements on the horizon, the OPPD director of Grid Operations, we explain KETV and checked system designs and focus on opportunities to maximize reliability in the areas that are affected by the existing devices. When we replace damaged infrastructure, we deal with our engineering teams to ensure that we tie back to our design standards and improve reliability. Where we have opportunities. Farmers like Lonnie say that they can only rely on their own preparation. It is what it is. YOU KNOW. What do you do when mother beats nature? The 97th October snowstorm, the only worst winter event in OPPD history, left 150,000 in the dark. I live
OPPD 'Reviewing System Designs' with engineers as restoring the Blizzard in rural districts
The electricity restoration continued on Monday in Dodge, Saunders and Washington Counties.
Updated: 18:15 PM CDT March 24, 2025
Arlington Farmer Lonnie Toekek could see the excitement from his garden for five days without power. About a dozen pension companies, the chaos that the youngest Blizzard left, who today only the fifth storm for OPPD customer-das two-worn winter events only behind the snowstorm from October 1997 were only carried out. Tourk drove his house in front of his house with a decades of generator since the storm was over on Wednesday on Wednesday last week. The sum rumbles overnight to keep your home warm. “It is what it is,” he said. “When mother beats nature, what do you do?” “As we replace the damaged infrastructure, we deal with our engineering teams to ensure that we build our design standards and improve reliability where we have opportunities.” Linemen and other workers tend to circuit and lines that have been torn out by Hurricane Force wind. OPPD estimates that around 1,200 poles have to be replaced. Some have already been restored west of Arlington on the Highway 30. Tourek once observed how floods crept into his house in 2019. He also has to keep an eye on his generator, which he bought back in the 90s. He said he had the feeling that the weather was more likely to be the power supply more than ever. “It seems like it is power with the weather patterns these days,” said Tourek. “In the country you have to be pretty much prepared for what you will meet.” 26, 1997 Schnesturm: 150,000 March 19, 2025 Blizzard: 106,000Oth. 31, 1991 ice storm: 80,000 June 16, 2017 Tornado: 76,500 July 15, 1988 Windstorm: 75,000 June 12-14, 1980 Two storms: 71,000 July 5-6, 2003 Sturm: 60,000
Arlington Farmer Lonnie Toekek could see the excitement from his garden for five days without power. About a dozen supply companies, the chaos that the youngest Blizzard left, who today only the fifth storm for OPPD customer-das second worst winter event is only behind the snowstorm from October 1997, according to the supply company.
Tourk drove his house with a decades of generator outside his house in front of his house since the storm passed last week on Wednesday. The sum rumbles overnight to keep your home warm.
“It is what it is,” he said. “When mother beats nature, what do you do?”
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When asked what is on the horizon, the OPPD director of Grid Operations Chris Angland gave an early insight on Monday.
“We check system designs and focus on possibilities to maximize reliability in the areas that are affected with the existing devices,” said Angland in an e -mail. “As we replace damaged infrastructure, we deal with our engineering teams to ensure that we dismantle our design standards and improve reliability where we have opportunities.”
Linemen and other workers tend to be torn out of circuit and lines that were torn out by hurricane winds. OPPD estimates that around 1,200 poles have to be replaced. Some are already restored to the west of Arlington on the Highway 30.
Tourek once watched the floods to slide into his house in 2019. He also has to keep an eye on his generator, which he acquired in the 90s. He said he had the feeling that the weather was more exposed to power than ever.
“It seems that the weather patterns today, yes,” said Tourek. “In the country you have to be prepared for what YA will meet.”
TOP 10 loss events in OPPD history
- July 31, 2024 thunderstorms: 219,000
- July 9, 2021 thunderstorms: 188,000
- June 27, 2008 Windstorming: 156,000
- October 26, 1997 Snowstorm: 150,000
- March 19, 2025 Blizzard: 106,000
- October 31, 1991 ice storm: 80,000
- June 16, 2017 Tornado: 76,500
- July 15, 1988 Windstorm: 75,000
- 12.-14. June 1980 two storms: 71,000
- 5th to July 6th, 2003 Windromm: 60,000