Local officials say Tallahassee and Leon County are well on the way to complete electric power restoration in the wake of Hurricane Hermine.
Speaking at a late Saturday (9/3) afternoon briefing at the Emergency Operations Center, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum said city electric crews were making good headway, especially given the fact more than 70,000 customers were without power Friday morning.
“We’ve restored power to some 25,000 households in this community. We think that is a very good pace. The numbers are clearly going in the right direction,” Gillum remarked. Outside the city limits, Leon County Commission Chair Bill Proctor had a similar optimistic prediction on service restoration.
“Talquin Electric reports that electricity has been returned to almost 7,000 customers and they are definitive in their projection that 95% of service restoration will be complete within three to four days,” Proctor reported.
With tens of thousands in the City of Tallahassee and Leon County still without power, Mayor Gillum said there are several places of relief set up by the city, county and other partners, including the Red Cross and Salvation Army. Gillum said these “Comfort Shelters” include the main library downtown as well as…
“The Lake Jackson Library where the Salvation Army is providing canteen service, the Woodville Library, Fort Braden Community Center, Chaires Community Center, Miccosukee Community Center and additionally Jack McLean Park, one of our city facilities and the Sue Herndon McCollugh Community Center at Lafayette Park.”
All of these places will be open during the day on Sunday (9/4). Officials say they’ll decide then whether any or all should remain open on Monday, Labor Day.
