Name: Duke Energy spokesman: Bitter cold complicates power crews job
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Description: Duke Energy crews have repaired broken poles, added new wires after an ice storm in central NC.

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Duke Energy crews have repaired broken poles, added new wires after an ice storm in central NC.

WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM THERE. CHRIS, THANK YOU. >> JOINING US LIVE NOW ON THE PHONE IS JEFF BROOKS DUKE ENERGY. WE KNOW YOU AND YOUR CREWS VERY BUSY OUT THERE TODAY. WE HAVE BEEN THROWING NUMBERS OUT IN IN TERMS OF POWER OUTAGES ALL DAY. GIVE US UP TO SPEED. >> WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE NEW OUTAGES AS THIS ICE AND SLEET STILL COME THROUGH THE AREA. WE MADE SOME GAINS IN THE LAST HOUR. I'VE SEEN THE NUMBERS COME DOWN ABOUT 30,000 CUSTOMERS. THE REAL TELLING NUMBER IS THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL OUTAGES THAT REMAIN. THERE IS MORE THAN 3,000 INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE THAT HAVE TO BE VISITED, REPAIRED. OFTEN THREE TO FOUR HOUR REPAIR. THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THERE IS STILL SO MUCH WORK LEFT TO BE DONE EVEN AS NEW OUTAGES ARE COMING IN. >> WE JUST SAW A REPORT FROM FUQUAY-VARINA WHERE ONE OF THE WIRES CAUGHT ON FIRE. WHAT -- WHAT HAPPENS EVEN WITH A LINE THAT CATCHES ON FIRE? THEN YOU HAVE TO BRING IN NEW LINES, DON'T YOU? YOU TALK ABOUT AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF REPAIR. THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE LENGTHY. >> ACTUALLY WE -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN SOMETIMES WHEN THE LINE BECOMES GROUNDED IN A TREE OR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT AND -- THIS IS NORMAL STUFF THAT WE DO TEND TO SEE. YOU ARE RIGHT, OFTEN TIMES WE HAVE TO COME IN AND REPAIR BROKEN POLE. WE HAVE TO ADD NEW WIRE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REPAIR MULTIPLE POLES TO GET ONE OUTAGE RESTORED. YOU KNOW WE -- WE TRIM TREES YEAR ROUND ALL THE TIME TO TRY TO REDUCE THESE OUTAGES. SOMETIMES THESE OUTAGES COME FROM GREAT BIG 70-FOOT TALL OAK TREES THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET. YOU CAN ONLY TRIM SO MUCH AND YOU WILL SEE THESE TYPES OF OUTAGES >> THE WIND PRESENTS A BIGGER PROBLEM FOR YOU ALL WHEN YOU ARE UP THERE ON THESE BOOM TRUCKS. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF THE WEATHER GOING FORWARD? >> THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS. THERE IS STILL THE WIND. DYING DOWN BUT IT IS STILL THERE. IT WILL COME BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING. THE EXTREME COLD IS JUST HARD. IT IS TOUGH WORKING CONDITIONS. THEY ARE USED TO SOME OF THAT. THEY HAVE GEAR TO PROTECT FROM THAT. WE DO HAVE TO WATCH THAT WIND ZONE. THE LAST ONE IS JUST THE ROADS. ROADS WILL REFREEZE TONIGHT. WE REALLY SAY THIS -- I THINK YOU SAID IT SEVERAL TIMES. IF PEOPLE CAN STAY HOME TONIGHT AND SAW THE OFF THE ROADS, THAT WOULD HELP ALL OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TRYING TO HELP YOU. WE WANT TO GET THEM HOME SAFE TO THEIR FAMILIES, TOO. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 3,000 INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS THAT NEED REPAIRS. WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING OVER THIS PAST WEEK THAT YOU HAD OTHER REINFORCEMENTS COMING IN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ARE THEY ABLE TO HELP GET THE POWER BACK ON MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE CREWS STAGED AND READY TO GO? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, DEBORAH. THIS HAS BEEN A LIFELINE FOR US AS ALWAYS ON THESE BIG STORMS. WE BROUGHT IN 600 OF OUR DUKE ENERGY EMPLOYEES FROM FLORIDA AND THE MIDWEST. THERE IS SUPPORT TREE PERSONNEL WORKING ACROSS THE CAROLINAS TODAY. THAT JUST REALLY BOLSTERS OUR LOCAL CREWS WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD TO BRING IN THESE EXTRA CREWS AND THAT DOES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN SHORTENING THESE OUTAGES BY MULTIPLE DAYS OFTEN. >> JEFF, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WATCHING THIS BROADCAST ON THEIR CELLPHONE OR MOBILE DEVICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST POWER, TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE PRIORITY. >> WE ALWAYS START WITH OUR BIGGEST TRANSMISSION LINES. WE CALL THEM THE INTERSTATES OF THE POWER GRID. THEY GET THE POWER FROM THE POUR PLANT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND THEN WE WILL WORK TO GET THOSE ESSENTIAL WORKERS BACK ON. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT HELPING YOU. THEN WITH EACH RESTORATION WE WILL RESTORE AS MANY CUSTOMERS AS WE CAN WITH EACH RESTORATION. FINALLY WORK OUR WAY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IF WE DON'T DO IT IN THAT ORDER, REPAIRING THE LINE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE MAY NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THERE IS DAMAGE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT HAS TO BE REPAIRED FIRST. VERY METHODICAL BUT IT IS VERY VERY EFFECTIVE. >> WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU ALL ARE PUTTING IN. IT IS SO COLD OUTSIDE AND THEN YOU WET ON TOP OF THAT. THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT WORKING CONDITIONS. LIKE GERALD SAID, TOO, WITH THE WIND COMING UP. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE NOT TO CALL 911 BUT TO CALL AND REPORT THE OUTAGE DIRECTLY TO YOU AND THE OTHER POWER PROVIDERS IN OUR AREA. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. >> WE KNOW PEOPLE AT HOME SUPPORT YOU AND -- BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS DARK AND IT IS COLD, IT IS HARD TO BE -- I GUESS LEVEL HEADED ABOUT WHEN YOUR POWER COMES BACK ON. >> UH-HUH. >> THANK YOU. >> IT IS TRUE. IT IS TRUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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Duke Energy spokesman: Bitter cold complicates power crews job

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After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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