Tree crushes cables, pulls poles near Dune Highway, Empire, Empire MI
Road ClosureNear Dune Highway in Empire, a large tree crushed cable lines and pulled utility poles, causing damage to wire spans and transformers. Crews will respond tomorrow.
Audio|Source: Traverse Bay Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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We got our lines freed up here at near Dune Highway, but we've got a big mass of tree that's got the cable pinned right to the ground, and it's pulling hard on our poles if they could swing by and take that off.
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New along to Peter.
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Stopox 831.
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Respond to 4348 East White Road for a tree down blocking both lanes.
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No power lines.
00:23
Respond 811 at 2141.
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Lincoln, David, 26, Queen,
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Veterans, South Airport,
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Red, on the accord.
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Clear.
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Leeling off from Engine 11.
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We'll be en route from Cabin Lake Shore.
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Okay.
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All right, copy that.
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7879 Dune Highway.
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We've got a massive tree, hitting the cable lines and pulling our poles in.
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Need tree crew to come take care of that?
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Yeah, that's correct.
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All right, sir, I'll get tree crew rolling that way.
01:00
All right, copy that, and then...
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We'll have LCP 803325 caution tagged.
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This is going to be two spans of wire down and two transformer locations are messed up.
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So there's some work here for either us in the morning or...
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if it's got a crew working overnight.
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All right, copy that.
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If you could just put those notes in there and refer it back, probably won't get a crew out there until tomorrow.
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Location mentioned:
S Dune Hwy, Empire, MI 49630
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