FLOYD MUSSES UP THE MIDPEN Final Edition
About 14,000 Virginia Power customers on the Middle Peninsula were without electricity for at least part of the afternoon, and three dozen roads were impassable or barely passable, said Christi Lewis, information officer for the Gloucester County Office of Emergency Operations. Inmate crews from the...
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| Published in | Daily press (Newport News, Va. : Final ed.) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Newport News, Va
Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
17.09.1999
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| Summary: | About 14,000 Virginia Power customers on the Middle Peninsula were without electricity for at least part of the afternoon, and three dozen roads were impassable or barely passable, said Christi Lewis, information officer for the Gloucester County Office of Emergency Operations. Inmate crews from the Middle Peninsula regional jail piled sandbags around Rappahannock Central Elementary School in Middlesex, but it wasn't enough to keep floodwaters from entering the building. The cafeteria ended up with 2 to 3 inches of water, and there were lesser amounts in several classrooms, said Sgt. Ron Cottrill of the jail. Virginia Power spokesman Ron Saunders said many of the customers without power in Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, King William and King and Queen counties, as well as in West Point and Urbanna, would have to wait up to several days before electricity could be restored. Extra crews were helping the local employees in the cleanup, he said. Most outages were caused by trees and tree limbs falling across power lines. |
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