Duke Energy crews were on hand to take care of power outages that came with Hurricane Nicole. | Kelly L/Pexels
Duke Energy crews were on hand to take care of power outages that came with Hurricane Nicole. | Kelly L/Pexels
As the remnants of Hurricane Nicole traversed up the East Coast, North Carolina bore some of its brunt with power outages, most being caused by tree limbs that knocked down power lines.
”We have all of our Carolinas crew ready to go, so we actually did not send our Carolinas-based crew down to Florida to help,” Logan Kureczka, spokesperson for Duke Power, told WBTV News.
Kureczka said the power outage numbers across the Carolinas picked up throughout the day Friday, as expected.
Most calls for service were from downed lines, trees on the lines or fallen branches that had broken some equipment, Kureczka said. Crews went to work on restoring the power throughout the day and were working into the night fixing outages.
Because North Carolina had its own challenges, Duke Energy sent crews from Indiana and Ohio to help out in Florida but kept its staff in place in the Tar Heel State.
Having local crews available was important because they were able to provide service more quickly after the storm hit.
During such a storm, Kureczka advised people to call as soon as they become aware of an outage, much like they do under ordinary conditions.
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