Power flickers on two days after storm
Of the more than 700,000 customers who lost power to downed trees and power lines at the peak of the problem, only a handful were still without it by Sunday morning and crews were working quickly to finish the job.
Posted — UpdatedOf the more than 700,000 customers who lost power to downed trees and power lines at the peak of the problem, only a handful were still without it by Sunday morning and crews were working quickly to finish the job.
Residents of Rockdell Mobile Home Park in Garner were among those who suffered the longest. The entire park was dark through Saturday evening.
Donna and Dennis Williams ran their generator Saturday, but most of their neighbors didn't have that option.
"This is the first time since I've been down here that we've been without service for more than a couple of hours," she said.
The power company response ruffled a few feathers in the mobile home park.
"It is a lot slower than Progress Energy was," Williams said of the response from the newly merged Duke Energy Progress. "I know it is the same people, but I don't know if we are getting the same service," Williams said.
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