Georgia Power
Posted under Environment, Georgia Power on November 17th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
Georgia Power has brought a second scrubber on line at Plant Bowen near Cartersville.
The scrubber is able to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent. Sulfur dioxide contributes to respiratory illness, particularly in children and the elderly, and aggravates existing heart and lung diseases.
Jeff Wilson, a spokesman for the utility […]
Posted under Georgia Power, Fire Dept., Lindale/Silver Creek on October 13th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
As of 5:30 PM Monday, several hundred Georgia Power Customers were in the dark in the Lindale area stretching from the area of the Maple Minute on Maple Road to past Booze Mountain Road.
Rome Fire Engine 2 responded to a major line down at the Old Rockmart Rd. Substation, which is believed to be blame […]
Posted under Georgia Power on October 3rd, 2008 by RomeNewswire
There have been power outages reported in Lindale.
We are getting information from Pepperell schools that power is out at the schools as well.
According to Georgia Power Officials, a breaker shorted causing the outage.
Nearly 1500 people were initially affected.
Posted under Police, Weather, Emergency Management, Georgia Power, Fire Dept. on July 22nd, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Rome was battered by heavy rains and winds as storms passed through the area Tuesday Evening.
The initial line of storms came through bringing mainly heavy rains to Northern Floyd County around 4:00 PM.
As that line passed, the sun came out over Rome while a line of storms formed over the […]
Posted under Police, Weather, Traffic, Georgia Power, Fire Dept. on July 13th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
When a heavy thunderstorm spontaneously formed near Coosa around 8:00 AM Sunday Morning, Romans had no idea a heavier storm of the same nature would move through Rome again around 2:00 PM, this time severe.
The storm that formed near Ft. Payne and grew considerably near Coosa left emergency crews scrambling in […]
Posted under Fire, Auto Accidents, Georgia Power, Fire Dept., GA. Forestry on July 8th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Rome firefighters were on the scene of a large woods fire searching for the driver that caused it Monday evening.
The fire started around 8:00 PM when a car struck a power pole going down Tipperary Dr. near Shannon. The wreck downed power lines which started the fire that required 3 engine companies […]
Posted under Weather, Georgia Power, Fire Dept. on June 26th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
A small storm led to downed trees and power lines throughout Southern Floyd County Thursday Afternoon.
The storm which for the most part stalled over the Cave Spring, Lindale, and Coosa areas, gave Floyd County much needed rain beginning around 4:00 PM.
The weather left Rome Fire Engine 2 and Quint 3 scrambling to […]
Posted under Police, Traffic, Georgia Power, Fire Dept. on June 20th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Georgia Power along with local authorities were left baffled after a power problem caused massive issues in two downtown blocks.
The first indication of power problems was reported around 2:30 PM by Floyd E-911 after they lost power at the 911 center and had to switch to back-up generator power. Shortly after […]
Posted under Police, DOT, Traffic, Georgia Power on June 13th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
A Project with Georgia Power coinciding with the Georgia DOT is causing a traffic nightmare on US Hwy. 27 South Friday.
The work began early this morning as GA Power worked to string transmission power lines from a new substation on Darlington Dr. across the highway to Old Lindale Rd. DOT is also […]
Posted under Police, Georgia Power on May 18th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
A short but troublesome blackout left Rome resetting itself late Sunday afternoon.
The outage began shortly after 4:00 PM througout Downtown and East Rome. After around 2 minutes, power began to slowly and sporadically restoring itself throughout the area. It took some places up to 45 to regain power, specifically in the […]
