Shooting Creek hit hard by storm’s power outage

Crews work around the clock to restore service

  • A Blue Ridge Mountain EMC crew pulls a tap line across the Toccoa River in Suches, Ga. at Cavender Gap and Highway 60. Lineman Chase Hemphill is in the bucket while crewmen Kelly Cruse, Clayton Wood, Jeff Odom, Terrence Kane, Chris Busbee, Jesse Miller and Josh Bryant wait to finish their duties after the tap line gets across the river.
    A Blue Ridge Mountain EMC crew pulls a tap line across the Toccoa River in Suches, Ga. at Cavender Gap and Highway 60. Lineman Chase Hemphill is in the bucket while crewmen Kelly Cruse, Clayton Wood, Jeff Odom, Terrence Kane, Chris Busbee, Jesse Miller and Josh Bryant wait to finish their duties after the tap line gets across the river.
    By Kelly Crawford Guest Writer   Blue Ridge Mountain EMC experienced widespread outages following tropical stormforce winds and rain tha...

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