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When Decatur Utilities started their day on Wednesday, they still had over 200 customers in the dark from Monday night's storms.
Wednesday, they stayed busy trying to restore all power. Power lines and trees are still down in several parts of Southeast Decatur, and crews are working as quickly to resolve the situation.
Another hurdle -- Wednesday marked the hottest day of the summer so far. Some people in Decatur, like Mike Holloway, are just wishing for a little bit of air conditioning.
"I guess you don't realize all of the convenience until you don't have them," said Holloway. "The not having hot water and electricity I guess that's the worst of it."
Holloway lives on Dogwood Lane in Southwest Decatur. Some people on his street have electricity, but most don't.
"Right now, I'm just cutting up a tree for a neighbor and trying to get it out of the way so he won't have to deal with it," said Holloway. "We're just hoping to get our power back on today."
Holloway and his family have lost most of their food due to the power outage, but thankfully they have good neighbors.
"We have offered to let them use our deep freeze, our refrigerator, spend the night with us, whatever we could to help," said Earl Morris. "We didn't realize how severe it was on the south of the street because we got our power back on at 2 a.m. yesterday morning."
Earl Morris and his wife took in everyone's frozen foods they could.
"We have ice cream and all sort of things that our neighbors are letting us keep until they get their power back on, the people across the street don't have their power yet. And if they haven't put in someone else's refrigerator or freezer they've had to throw it away or eat it fast," said Morris.
As for Holloway, he says he's just missing his television and Internet.
"That's just the luxury we're so used to having that I get frustrated when it goes out for 30 minutes and now it's been out for going on two days. It's aggravating, but it's just an inconvenience," said Holloway.
Three Huntsville Utility crews were called in again Wednesday to help restore power in Decatur.
Holloway and his family are going to stay in a hotel tonight if the power is not restored.
Decatur Utilities expects to have all customers' power restored by the end of the day, except for about 50 individual cases that will require electricians.
Wednesday, they stayed busy trying to restore all power. Power lines and trees are still down in several parts of Southeast Decatur, and crews are working as quickly to resolve the situation.
Another hurdle -- Wednesday marked the hottest day of the summer so far. Some people in Decatur, like Mike Holloway, are just wishing for a little bit of air conditioning.
"I guess you don't realize all of the convenience until you don't have them," said Holloway. "The not having hot water and electricity I guess that's the worst of it."
Holloway lives on Dogwood Lane in Southwest Decatur. Some people on his street have electricity, but most don't.
"Right now, I'm just cutting up a tree for a neighbor and trying to get it out of the way so he won't have to deal with it," said Holloway. "We're just hoping to get our power back on today."
Holloway and his family have lost most of their food due to the power outage, but thankfully they have good neighbors.
"We have offered to let them use our deep freeze, our refrigerator, spend the night with us, whatever we could to help," said Earl Morris. "We didn't realize how severe it was on the south of the street because we got our power back on at 2 a.m. yesterday morning."
Earl Morris and his wife took in everyone's frozen foods they could.
"We have ice cream and all sort of things that our neighbors are letting us keep until they get their power back on, the people across the street don't have their power yet. And if they haven't put in someone else's refrigerator or freezer they've had to throw it away or eat it fast," said Morris.
As for Holloway, he says he's just missing his television and Internet.
"That's just the luxury we're so used to having that I get frustrated when it goes out for 30 minutes and now it's been out for going on two days. It's aggravating, but it's just an inconvenience," said Holloway.
Three Huntsville Utility crews were called in again Wednesday to help restore power in Decatur.
Holloway and his family are going to stay in a hotel tonight if the power is not restored.
Decatur Utilities expects to have all customers' power restored by the end of the day, except for about 50 individual cases that will require electricians.
