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Downed power lines close John R. Junkin
Published Wednesday, March 12, 2008
NATCHEZ — A section of John R. Junkin Drive was closed to traffic for approximately eight hours Tuesday after a large tree fell on power lines near the Glenwood Subdivision.
Entergy crews worked from approximately 11 a.m. until after 7:30 p.m. to replace two fallen poles and restore power. Their trucks blocked one lane of traffic most of the day.
All but 54 Entergy customers had power restored early in the day though, Supervisor Travis Leggett said.
Photo by Marcus Frazier
Above, Adams County Civil Defense Director and Natchez Fire Department Battalion Chief Stan Owens survey the damage after a fallen tree knocked three light poles out of commission near the intersection of John R. Junkin and Glenwood drives Tuesday morning. Also picture is an inmate worker sweeping debris from the road.
“We did some switching of a downed wire,” he said. “The main line was out for 30 or 35 minutes.”
Those customers closest to the fallen tree — ones living in Glenwood Subdivision or along John R. Junkin — were the last to receive power again.
All local crews and extra workers from Gloster were at the site all day, Leggett said.
“When something like that happens we hit it hard to get it fixed fast.”
The tree that fell was from beyond the standard right-of-way area that Entergy frequently trims to avoid such outages, he said.
Traffic was routed down Lower Woodville Road and Homochitto Street during the cleanup, Police Chief Mike Mullins said.
Comments
Posted by papajeff (Jeff McClure) on March 11, 2008 at 2:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Second time in a week, I think.
Posted by momoftwokids (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 2:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
this was a pain in the butt!!! but at least they are fixing it as fast as they can...Good luck guys!
Posted by mike8427 (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 2:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
terrible traffic control, there are no signs posted to tell out of towners where to go. Mass Chaos
Posted by sparky018 (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 2:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
THIS IS BS! They need signes out to let people know where to go! I just went through there and had no clue it was even closed! Good thing I wasn't headed to work1 I would of been late! How many trees are gonna fall in that area and tear stuff up! Why doesn't the city fix that area?
Posted by LocustStorm (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 2:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Signs? Don't be absurd!! Us Natchez folks don't use SIGNS!!! Why would we use signs, when we don't even know what blinkers are used for??
Gee!! *sarcastic eyeroll*
Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 2:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sure they could cut ALL the trees down, and then people would complain about that rather than just the trimming that gets done.
Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 3:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
SIGNS was a good movie - but I don't think we have any crop circles here since they mowed down the corn maze.
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 5:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And dog gone it, I was going out to hug that tree this afternoon. I'm sure going to miss it. I'm so sad. :-(
Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 5:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Is it open yet?
Posted by mrb (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 5:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Don't you people know that we have a sign ordinance.
Posted by shedevil (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 7:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
OH MY GOODNESS....what will all of the tourist in town think about this.
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on March 11, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lol@shedevil...That was to funny....It's a wonder the hysterical society wasn't out there trying to help get this fixed before anyone saw it lol
Posted by VillageIdiot (anonymous) on March 13, 2008 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Based on a prior Democrat article, the MDOT estimated 25,000 vehicles per day using John R. Junkin Drive. What a comical day for the business people and citizens Natchez?! This ploy was obviously another last-ditch effort by the so-called "Hysterical Society" to the stifle the robust businesses lining up to relocate to Natchez. To sum it all up folks: no direct interstate access, no (commercially viable) airport, rail, or port, a well below-average public school system, and as evidenced by most of the Democrats' articles and comments, no educated workforce. Let's all keep posting half-witted comments after each article published to try to fend off any visitors or misguided business persons, shall we? Please stop the finger pointing!
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