Tropical dpression with 35 kt winds + movement of 30 kts = winds over 70 mph!
"A significant amount of time" to restore power, LG&E says
Residents can expect to be without power for as long as a week after the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through the Ohio Valley, downing more than 1,100 power lines in Jefferson County area alone.More than 300,000 homes and businesses across Kentuckiana were without power because of strong winds that reached 75 mph. The storms temporarily shut down the interstates and Louisville airports, and it prompted Jefferson County Public Schools and Archdiocese of Louisville school to close Monday."We have activated the state's emergency operation center and transportation operation center, which have the capacity to operate around the clock to coordinate all the Commonwealth's emergency agencies, if necessary," Gov. Steve Beshear said. "Our emergency management personnel are monitoring the situation closely. We are working to support local first responders to ensure a quick response to damage created by the storm."Chip Keeling, a spokesman for LG&E, said people should start thinking about “making arrangements” to stay with family or friends who have power. It was the worst power outage in 30 years, he said.Only 115,000 customers were without power during an ice and snow storm in 2004 and only 84,000 were without power as a result of the 1974 tornado.“It will take a significant amount of time to restore power,” Keeling said.In Southern Indiana, Duke Energy reported 21,647 customers without power in Clark County, 21,538 in Floyd County, about 5,300 in Harrison County and about 3,600 in Washington County. Harrison REMC reported about 90 percent of its customers without power, or 20,000 customers in Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Washington and Crawford counties.So far, no deaths or serious injuries have been reported in the Louisville area, according to the Louisville mayor’s office.Mayor Jerry Abramson has called in public works employees, and LG&E is calling in extra staff to deal with all the downed trees and lines
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