Power Hungry

Utilities Make The Connection For Storm-Stricken Valley Households

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Posted: July 6, 2012

Brian Lindley (left) and Rodney Hannah from Haynes Electric Utility Corp. of Asheville, N.C., install a new transformer on Thursday near Harry Weber’s home along South East Side Highway in Elkton. The Webers had been without electricity since early Saturday morning. (Photo by Preston Knight / DN-R)
Harry Weber fills a bucket with water he collected from Bear Lithia Spring near his home. The Webers couldn’t afford to use their gas generator to pump water. (Photo by Preston Knight DN/R)
Utility crews from Haynes Electric Utility Corp. of Asheville, N.C., work on the new transformer near Harry Weber’s home in Elkton on Thursday. (Photo by Preston Knight DN-R)
The violence of last week’s storm is exemplified by a fallen tree that slammed into a building behind the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)

ELKTON — The statement “it’s hot” has been painfully obvious — not to mention a gross understatement — for Harry and Linda Weber since last weekend.

But on Thursday, the phrase was music...



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