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f ! 1 ♦ i r r —~ ' V. ■ ■ ! I ' )• ; • : -.„„ , ,1onenffhe8 most destructive in Charlottes history. In less than an hour .winds of up to 54 miles per hour had destroyed build ings. Uprooted trees. Downed power lines. And left up to 20,000 families without electricity. Service was restored to most of the affected homes and businesses within a few hours. But as weakened tree limbs and roots continued to give way into the night, the storms aftermath was being felt by thousands of customers even a day later. Our telephone system, normally adequate to handle the most severe storm outages, became jammed as reports of ed lines continued to stream in after the storms ■F More than 750 Duke PWer employ ees, including about 300 from other cities and towns inthe Carol inas, were involved in repairing our crippled dis tribution system. Some crews worked • ' upwards of 30 straight hours. Setting poles. Stringing wire. Getting the lights back on. Hi.' 'J \ ... tf. I > » « ! | ( I r H __
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