Crews have converged in our region to help restore power knocked out over the weekend. We spotted more than 20 trucks staging in the WalMart parking lot in West Shreveport early today. This morning there are still more than 55-hundred homes without power
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Around 4:15 p.m. this afternoon the Shreveport Police Department began receiving calls regarding an apparent power outage in and around the Southern Hills area that left numerous traffic control signals malfunctioning or inoperable. At its height, SWEPCO reported 7,100 residential and business customers were without power.
How much damage can a milar balloon cause if caught up in a power line? A lot!
About 3 o-clock this afternoon a milar balloon got caught in some power lines on Kingston Road that carry 34-thousand volts of electricity – and a near-by power station on Williamson Way was knocked out as a result of it...