Boone Electric crews say it will take three to four weeks before power is restored to everyone in hurricane-damaged Baton Rouge. They have a ten-member crew in Baton Rouge, and they’ve been working 16-hour days after Ida. There are eight linemen and two right-of-way crew members there. Boone Electric spokeswoman Meredith Hoenes tells 939 the Eagle …
Mid-Missouri electric cooperative sends ten-member crew to Baton Rouge, after Ida
Columbia-based Boone Electric Cooperative is sending ten crew members to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to help crews there restore power after devastating Hurricane Ida. More than one million people are currently without power in Louisiana. Boone Electric has sent eight linemen and a two-man right-of-way crew. Boone Electric says Baton Rouge has been hit hard by …