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Why your LED clocks will be flashing when you get home

The PUC hasn't told us who to thank for this, but somebody clipped a guy wire while digging a ditch today. The result was a broken insulator on an overhead 35-kilovolt line.
David Helwig
David Helwig
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The PUC hasn't told us who to thank for this, but somebody clipped a guy wire while digging a ditch today.

The result was a broken insulator on an overhead 35-kilovolt line.

And electrical service knocked out this morning to about 4,400 addresses, most in the central part of the Sault along Great Northern Road, from Macdonald Avenue to Sixth Line.

The power outages started at 8:25 a.m.

PUC crews started reconnecting some addresses just 14 minutes later.

Everyone's lights were back on as of 10:05 a.m.

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David Helwig

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David Helwig's journalism career spans seven decades beginning in the 1960s. His work has been recognized with national and international awards.
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