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4. Waiting on a pole :/

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Tue Feb 17, 2015, 08:09 PM

Feb 2015

Boynton Valley substation was a related crisis that DREMC had not expected. One of TVA’s 161-kV steel transmission poles crumpled under the weight of ice-coated lines and fell on the substation’s tap. DREMC was able to back-feed some of the area served by Boynton. In the meantime, TVA was sending a replacement pole from Muscle Shoals.

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Ice Storm Warning Central Tennessee [View all] Go Vols Feb 2015 OP

Hope my grandangels are safe in Nashville. nt FLyellowdog Feb 2015 #1

Over a quarter inch of ice Go Vols Feb 2015 #2

State of emergency declared in Tenn. due to winter weather Go Vols Feb 2015 #3

Waiting on a pole :/ Go Vols Feb 2015 #4