Power outage affects homes near Tony Road in Union, Union SC
Other Non-Crime EventA widespread power outage affected multiple homes near Tony Road in Union, SC. Utility crews responded to fix possible damage caused by severe weather or a tree fallen on power lines.
Audio|Source: K4USC 145.150 MHz Union Amateur Radio Repeater
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Transcript:
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I don't want to have to get the generator out, but I will if it's still out in the morning.
00:04
There's probably just a couple of fuses blown on some line somewhere going into the subdivision where you live.
00:13
So hopefully that's a quick fix.
00:15
He said he didn't have power and I'm not at my house.
00:19
I'm at my brother's house and he lives on the other street and then my sister-in-law just got a phone call from I don't know where she lives but it's not close to here but it's quite a bit out in Union.
00:33
My house in my brother's house over here on Tony Road, off 176, and she got one of her friends, my sister-in-law's friend called and said that their power was off too, but I don't know exactly where she lives in Union.
00:50
And you said Jim said he didn't have power?
00:53
Jim made you four VN.
00:55
Power came back on.
00:56
It went out for a couple minutes, though.
00:58
I wanted to know I'm on the north side of Union on the right inside the city limits, but I don't know how far back in there it goes.
01:10
You know, report on where you're at.
01:14
So understood,
01:15
well, and hopefully that means it's going to be an easy fix.
01:18
Usually it's just a popped fuse somewhere in the line.
01:24
And these days, the computers tell them exactly where that is.
01:28
So once they can scare up a crew to get out there, they'll get it back on.
01:33
A couple of seconds and then he came back all and then it started flashing again so I'm thinking probably a tree fell on a line somewhere.
01:41
If that happens, you're seeing the computers back at the network operation center trying to reroute power, and then ultimately if the power drops, whatever route they tried failed as well.
01:59
So, you know,
02:00
or yes, it could be a tree that fell on the lines or something like that too.
02:05
But sometimes you get those multiple...
02:07
multiple flickers because it's the system automatically trying to reroute around the outage.
02:14
My brother's garage and he's got neighbors behind him over here and I hear a generator I'm running.
02:21
But during the hurricane...
02:23
came through.
02:24
I was playing with my generator and I had ended up by
02:30
and pulled it one time and it started right up.
02:33
...on those things that get gunked up and give you trouble.
02:36
EG4V and W4VX.
02:38
quiet for a while because I don't know how long this battery will last or the power comes back on anytime soon but have a good afternoon evening what's left of it and I'll be listening anyway AG4VM
02:50
well we'll be listening as well and if there's anything worth passing along from the sky warn that I'll let you know by W4VX.
02:59
No, G4VN.
03:01
So what's a show that stormed, that next line, doing? W5JW.
03:05
It's a big kind of rainstorm that we're in right now.
03:09
And it looks like the next line is most likely to go to the south and east of us.
03:17
But... Hopefully they'll give us a piece leave and rest of the night.
03:20
I think we're through the worst trip, even if the next one hits us, it's going to be that...
03:27
It'll be the north corner of it and it looks like it's mostly rain.
03:33
So I think as far as thunder and lightning goes, we're done.
03:38
Utility truck going down Tony Road so there may be a line over here down.
03:43
They were shaking the trees pretty good.
03:46
Tim. I just saw a utility truck with flashing lights go down Tony Road so one of those lines may be down over here.
03:53
Well, that figures, they know exactly where the line's down and what they need to do.
04:03
Hopefully you're a handful of minutes away from electricity, W4VX.
04:09
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