Lights out across middle Georgia after weekend storm rolls through

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — Flint Energies has worked tirelessly to restore power after recent storms over the weekend.

Severe weather on June 25, at 9 p.m. left 3,412 Flint Energy members without power. At the time of writing, June 26, 2023, that number is down to 105, with the majority of outages being in Crawford County. Flint Energies’ outage map at time of publication showed 719 customers affected in Perry, 15 in Byron and 10 in Warner Robins.

What caused so many to lose power was the severe storm that passed through coupled with 60-mile-an-hour winds. These don’t pose a great chance of causing power outages by themselves, but working together, has disastrous results.

“The problem is we have a lot of rural homes that are in our territory… people who live in rural areas usually have a good many trees… up and down the roads or surrounding their homes… we’ve had so much rain that it has the ground saturated… it loosens the roots of those trees… then when a windstorm comes up it makes it easier for those trees to fall over,” said Jennie Lacey, the manager of cooperative communications at Flint Energy.

While it is uncertain when those affected will have their power restored, if the rapid work done by Flint Energies workers is any indication, everyone will have their power back soon.

If anyone experiences an outage and is a Flint Energies member wishing to report it, they can visit their website, download their mobile app or call their outage number (888) 354-6836.

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