Power outage hits 1,650 customers

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

At 1:15 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13, an accident involving an automobile crashing into a power pole on NE Industrial Street resulted in a severe blackout all over the northern half of Mountain Home.

The pole will take 3 hours to replace and according to Idaho Power the power should be restored by 4:30 p.m.

In total, the blackout affected 1,650 customers.

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Kudos to Idaho Power on the fast response and work! It is 3:30 and our power is up earlier than projected.

-- Posted by Ds_Seester on Wed, Feb 13, 2008, at 4:28 PM
I was at Jade Palace with friends and had JUST placed our order when this happened. The staff there were FANTASTIC- they came out and assured us that we would still get our food (if we wanted) b/c they use gas rather than electric, and when it was time to pay the check, they allowed us to pay with a check, since the card machine obviously wouldn't work. Thanks for fantastic customer service!

-- Posted by sgt_elle on Thu, Feb 21, 2008, at 5:56 PM

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