Norman resident describes moments power lines snapped in half due to high winds
WITH PEOPLE IN THE NORMAN AREA STILL LEFT IN THE DARK AS CREWS CONTINUE TO WORK TO RESTORE POWER AFTER SUNDAY’S STRONG WINDSTORMS. NEIGHBORS HERE IN NORMAN ARE COUNTING ON GENERATORS TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. WELL, IT WAS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. I WAS WATCHING THE THUNDER GAME. IT JUST CAME ON AND I WAS IN MY LIVING ROOM AND I HEARD A BIG SNAP. AND JUST LIKE THAT, STEVE OLSZEWSKI AND HIS NEIGHBORS WERE LEFT IN THE DARK. AND I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND THE TELEPHONE POLE OR THE POWER LINE POLE WAS SNAPPED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND WAS LEANING DOWN, AND ALL THE TRANSFORMER STUFF WAS ALL MESSED UP. AND LUCKILY IT DIDN’T CATCH ANYTHING ON FIRE AROUND HERE, BUT IT DID. DOWN THE STREET AT THE END OF THE BLOCK. OVER 24 HOURS LATER, HIS BLOCK IS BUSTLING WITH THE SYMPHONY OF SAWS AND GENERATORS, BUT NOT EVERYONE STUCK AROUND FOR THE SHOW. SHE LEFT HER SON, CAME AND GOT HER. OG SAYS 97% OF CUSTOMERS WHO LOST POWER HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN IT BACK BETWEEN TORNADOS AND FLAMES. OG SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO BE COGNIZANT OF YOUR PROPERTY TO PROTECT YOUR POWER, DOING THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE ISSUES LIKE GRILLING OR EDGING YOUR LAWN. WE WOULD SAY STAY AWAY FROM THOSE ISSUES. CRUZ TOLD STEVE HE MIGHT EXPECT POWER TO BE RESTORED TONIGHT. HE’S JUST THANKFUL HE DIDN’T LOSE MORE THAN ELECTRICITY. I. GLAD THE WIND WAS BLO
Norman resident describes moments power lines snapped in half due to high winds
Residents in Norman are using generators to deal with power outages caused by strong winds, as crews work to restore electricity.
Strong winds swept through Norman over the weekend, leaving residents relying on generators as crews work to restore power. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning Newsletter”It was yesterday afternoon. I was watching the Thunder game. It just came on, and I was in my living room. I heard a big snap,” Steve Olzawski, a Norman resident, said.Olzawski and his neighbors were left in the dark after a telephone pole snapped in half. “I looked out the window. A telephone pole was snapped in the middle. It was leaning down, and all the transformers and stuff, it was all messed up,” Olzawski said. >> Video Below: Downed power lines shut down I-35 in NormanWhile nothing caught fire near his home, he said there was a fire down the street at the end of the block.Over 24 hours later, the block is bustling with the sounds of saws and generators. However, not everyone stayed to witness the aftermath. “She left. The lady that lives over here, her son came and got her,” Olzawski said.>> Video Below: WATCH: Video captures semi tipping over on Oklahoma interstate due to intense windsOG&E reported that 97% of customers who lost power have already had it restored. But residents should still be cautious. “Doing things that can cause issues like grilling or edging your lawn, we’d say stay away from those issues,” Sheradee Hurst, public relations manager at OG&E, said.Crews informed Olzawski that he might expect electricity to be restored Monday night, and he said he was grateful for not losing more than electricity. “I’m glad the wind was blowing from the north to the south,” Olzawski said.Top Headlines OHP identifies 2 killed after train and car collide near Minco FDA sends letter to Novo Nordisk over potential GLP-1 side effects Police continue to search for suspect in deadly OKC stabbing OHP: 2 killed after car went into water in Latimer County White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has early-stage breast cancer, Trump announce
Strong winds swept through Norman over the weekend, leaving residents relying on generators as crews work to restore power.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning Newsletter
“It was yesterday afternoon. I was watching the Thunder game. It just came on, and I was in my living room. I heard a big snap,” Steve Olzawski, a Norman resident, said.
Olzawski and his neighbors were left in the dark after a telephone pole snapped in half.
“I looked out the window. A telephone pole was snapped in the middle. It was leaning down, and all the transformers and stuff, it was all messed up,” Olzawski said.
>> Video Below: Downed power lines shut down I-35 in Norman
While nothing caught fire near his home, he said there was a fire down the street at the end of the block.
Over 24 hours later, the block is bustling with the sounds of saws and generators. However, not everyone stayed to witness the aftermath.
“She left. The lady that lives over here, her son came and got her,” Olzawski said.
>> Video Below: WATCH: Video captures semi tipping over on Oklahoma interstate due to intense winds
OG&E reported that 97% of customers who lost power have already had it restored. But residents should still be cautious.
“Doing things that can cause issues like grilling or edging your lawn, we’d say stay away from those issues,” Sheradee Hurst, public relations manager at OG&E, said.
Crews informed Olzawski that he might expect electricity to be restored Monday night, and he said he was grateful for not losing more than electricity.
“I’m glad the wind was blowing from the north to the south,” Olzawski said.
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