Bobbie Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. November 18, 2017. Over
8,000 households lost power for 12 hours from Soda Springs, Idaho to Cokeville,
Wyoming to Evanston, Wyoming on a night
when temperatures were freezing.
Residents called and texted neighbors to see if they had heat and
flashlights throughout the night. In
Garden City, wood was taken to people who needed it. ACE Hardware opened its doors to anyone who needed supplies after closing time and Summit Pizza offered hot pizzas to people who needed a warm meal since they had a generator.
The
outage started about 5 p.m. Saturday evening and was restored in Randolph about
10 p.m. Garden City got power around
5:30 a.m.
Acording
to Ashley Stilson, KSL “The initial outage affected households in Utah at
Garden City, Randolph and Woodruff, and in Idaho at Montpelier, St. Charles and
Indian Creek.
A Rocky
Mountain Power spokesperson said officials are still investigating the cause of
the outage, though they believe it may be a problem with a transmission line.
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