Power outage due to fallen tree on electric lines, St Charles MO
Other Non-Crime EventA power outage occurred in the Cove Road area in St Charles, Missouri, due to a tree falling onto electric lines and breaking a pole. The outage affected nearby towers and caused no lights to flash. Several trees also fell in the area during a wind event, adding to the disruption.
Audio|Source: Mississippi River Marine St Louis Area
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Transcript:
00:00
Big man.
00:01
What'd you do now?
00:03
We ain't got no power.
00:06
Yeah, no I see there ain't no lights flashing on the towers.
00:11
Something happened over in Missouri, I guess.
00:15
No, a damn tree fell in my neighbor's yard and came across it into mine.
00:21
Took out the electric lines and broke the pole off and so all the Cove Road is dead.
00:27
Well, them lights are not flashing on the towers either, so...
00:32
Maybe it goes from this side to that side, I don't know.
00:41
Yeah, I don't know either, but boy it was a big boom this morning.
00:45
Luckily, I already had my coffee made.
00:55
And down by the river there by Charlie's out of that big sycamore tree or cottonwood tree took a big limb out.
01:02
And I heard another tree go down toward your house.
01:06
I'm just driving down there right now.
01:08
Hope it's that damn maple on the river bank.
01:12
I hope that some bitch goes away.
01:16
No, I just saw it.
01:18
It's still standing.
01:19
But I heard something else come down.
01:23
Huh,
01:25
I don't know, Mary taxman said that it didn't have no power, but ain't nothing I can do, I'm working.
01:37
Yeah, I don't know.
01:39
I guess I'll be headed that way pretty soon here, see what happens.
01:46
You call the electric company?
01:55
Boyce and Dag won't know what's going on there.
01:58
He ain't got no electric.
01:59
He'll be out checking that cord in there.
02:03
Yeah, what's that kind of makeshift cord is that?
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St Charles, MO
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