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  • SSVEC starts aid effort (Az Electric Company)

    09/01/2005 4:58:52 PM PDT · by SandRat · 3 replies · 289+ views
    Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona ^ | Sep 1, 2005 | GENTRY BRASWELL
    SIERRA VISTA - Dana Jackson, an apprentice with the Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, worked out of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico for two years. He's now returning to the Gulf Coast, this time with some of his SSVEC co-workers to help repair the power infrastructure after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi Delta area earlier this week. Jackson, originally from Meridian, Miss., has an idea of what awaits him and the rest of the crew. "I worked offshore on oil rigs, so we were out there for a couple of hurricanes," said Jackson, whose family and friends are safe...
  • At least 17 SSVEC employees begin voyage today to Louisiana to help repair power lines

    08/31/2005 8:02:47 PM PDT · by SandRat · 3 replies · 407+ views
    Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona ^ | Aug 31, 2005 | unattributed
    SIERRA VISTA - Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative crews are planning to head to the Gulf Coast today to help make repairs to power lines in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area. The effort is in response to a plea from utilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, where the hurricane caused an estimated $25 billion in damage - destroying homes and businesses, flooding the city of New Orleans and leaving more than a million people without power. On Tuesday, Jack Blair, chief marketing officer for the cooperative, said 17 employees from Willcox, Benson and Sierra Vista were tentatively scheduled to go...