Outage customers are slowly but surely being powered up in Botetourt by AEP
Here’s a recap of the last three days on the AEP website. About half of the almost 11,000 Botetourt Customers affected by the June 29 derecho storm disaster have power restored as of this morning.
July 2 July 1 June 30
5,439 6,222 10,942
This is the current estimate for power restoration in Virginia:
VIRGINIA:
Tuesday night, July 3 – Dickenson, Smyth, Washington,
Wednesday night, July 4 – Buchanan, Russell
Thursday night, July 5 – Tazewell
Friday night, July 6 – Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski and Wythe counties;
Saturday night, July 7 – Albermarle, Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Craig, Franklin, Henry, Nelson, Patrick, Pittsylvania and Roanoke counties.
We have more storm coverage here:
TODAY’S STORM COVERAGE:
* Regional storm coverage and updates from The Roanoke Times
* Map shows where Dominion Power outages are
* Craig-Botetourt Electric Co-op is posting power updates on Facebook
* 11:15 a.m. update from Botetourt Emergency Services
* Buchanan Baptist joins list of cooling shelters
* 1O:22 a.m. Update from Botetourt County EMS
GENERAL STORM RESOURCES
* Weather journalist Kevin Myatt has weather updates on the Weather Journal
* Health department issues advisory on what to do with food after power outage
* Food writer Lindsey Nair has tips on how to deodorize a fridge or freezer after a power outage
PHOTOS
* The Pillis family shares photos of storm damage on Country Club Road
* Dwayne Yancey has photos of storm damage around Botetourt County
* Cathy Benson has photos of storm damage around Botetourt
* Carrie Nolan shares photo of downed tree in Blue Ridge
* Photos and first-person account of storm damage at Buchanan Carnival
PREVIOUS STORM COVERAGE:
* July 1: Gas lines form around Botetourt
*July 1 Regional storm coverage for July 1 from The Roanoke Times
* June 30: Power could be out until July 7
* June 30: Regional storm coverage for June 30 from The Roanoke Times
* June 30: Gov. Bob McDonnell declares state of emergency
* June 30: Botetourt EMS statement, warning about new storms, photos of storm damage
* June 30: Fincastle Baptist Church open as a shelter
* June 30: Lord Botetourt High School open as a shelter
* June 29: First-person account of storm damage at Buchanan Carnival
You can share your storm photos at news@botetourtview.com or use the “share” tool to upload 10 at a time. If you have a first-person account, you can leave it as a comment below.
July 2, 2012 - 1:05 PM
Half of Lugar Lane is still without power. For those of us with livestock,it’s been a brutal four days. Thank heavens for family who have helped care for horses and for a husband who is a genius at figuring how to rewire the house so that our emergency PTO generator can run the water pump, refrigerator, freezer and microwave. Now, if the tractor just holds out, we may survive intact.
I’m not sure why AEP only restored power to half the neighborhood…wish they’d finish the job they started.