Ohio crews head home from Kentucky after nearly two weeks

After nearly two weeks of providing mutual aid assistance to Madisonville, Kentucky Amp-Ohio crews headed home on February 16, 2009. Madisonville’s municipal electric system services approximately 8,500 customers and nearly all of them were without power went the storm ended. Madisonville is in western Kentucky.

On February 2, Hamilton and Piqua each sent two crews to aid in the repair efforts, while Bowling Green, Napoleon, Tipp City, Wapakoneta and Westerville each sent one. Piqua Tipp City and Wapakoneta rotated in new crew members at the end of the first week, while the other five crews work through the entire period.