I'm very happy to report that full power has finally been restored at ZCO. At a few minutes before 2:00 break this afternoon, there was a power surge and we heard the gigantic generator kick off. A few minutes later, the PTB kicked into high gear and in a matter of an hour and a half, every factory employee had been called and notified that they were to report to work. Then our department kicked into high gear and started working our scheduling magic. It didn't take too long for us to shuffle numbers and get schedules straightened out for the next few days.
As of tonight, about 150,000 homes are still without power, and about one-fourth of the county's public schools are still in the dark. But the city should be happy becauase the highly hyped Ryder Cup started today without any problems. On a more local scale, our 'hood is ecstatic because power has been restored to our Krogers, Speedway, McD's, Rite-Aid and the liquor store. All we need now is for our new Wal-Mart to get back in operation.
On a quasi-related note, even though a State of Emergency is still going on, Relative will be arriving at The Compound later tonight for a week visit. Sunday night, I explained to The Relative that we were under a State of Emergency, but he still insisted on going ahead with his visit. I'm sure there will be drama like there was when he visited last September. I'll keep you posted.
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I hope the visit goes well and am glad to hear you folks are starting to get power back on. God Bless.
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