So much for a relaxing On-Call weekend...

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Welp, time to load up the side-by-side and head out to the northern most part of our electrical system. Lower Monumental Dam here I come!

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Rumor had is a storm is coming in... well that may no longer be a rumor. The wind is picking up and the sky ain’t too blue!! Smoke and dust are filling the sky quick.

Hopefully this outage doesn’t take long to figure out and we can get back before this storm pick up

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It blew through us pretty hard and is still gusting pretty good. Fires are all over around us but most are getting handled fast. Stay safe man!

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It got nasty real fast!! We lost a few trees and the outages started rolling in. It made for a long day, didn't get home until 11 pm.

Did you see highway 395? Big car pile ups and a huge mess.

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Crazy damn day. Ritzville area was down to feet of visibility. The Davenport fire and the Omak fire are insane. The Omak fire burned over 60 miles in 2 days!

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We have a crew up in Nespelium (?) right now. They lost 300+ poles. I will be heading there next weekend. I went there a few years back to help rebuild after the fire... this year is much worse!!

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The Omak area south got torched and then southwest of Davenport. It is a weird year and hopefully they have a safe trip. The Prosser bridge was either arson or a train somehow sparked that thing. I lean towards the arson.

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I believe a lot of these fires aren't "natural" Another neighboring utility lost 600+ poles. What a fricking mess!!! I hate working fire damage.

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stay safe, this year is str8 outta hell imho

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I hear ya!! Next week I am heading out of town to rebuild Powerlines that burnt down. One area had 300+ poles burnt down and another 600+ poles burnt... it could be a long few months.

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