Downed hickory tree caused power outage

Family Dollar employees Leah Tatano and Mia Friel and NAPA employee Doug Friel take a break during a power outage that hit Pocahontas County on June 7. Commerce came to a virtual standstill as stores were unable to scan prices and operate cash registers. The outage lasted from approximately 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Photo by:
G. Hamill
By: 
Geoff Hamill
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 6:27am

Mon Power representatives in Marlinton said Wednesday that the cause of Tuesday's power outage was a hickory tree that fell over sub-transmission lines near Stony Creek. Due to the remote location of the downed line, power company workers had to walk in to locate the source of the problem.

Approximately 4,000 customers in the Marlinton, Snowshoe, Dunmore, Frost and Slaty Fork areas lost power for about four-and-a-half hours due to the incident.