Page 16 - Mississippi 811 Magazine 2018 Issue 3
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Damaged but not by digg' g
Electriculfires linked to underground lines damaged by home repairs
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- " u.; .u_ “it I » 2' . renenu been hnked to usvsral
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» L ‘- - A the ioundatmn ofa housc.
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' ' ' ‘, w‘. ; ..» _. - -. , ure numerous tompames that handle
- , 1* - "fir . ( ' -grave“ ,-.4. ' Ihnrzpairs
_ V ‘-3 y‘ _ _ #1‘ '_ » ' several nu-Lhnds are m u~2 Ioday,bIIt
_ g a _ rt - ~. ff‘ V-_‘v_ ‘ H ' the cypreulprueessrnvolvesdrggrng
. 4 - ~— . v».-. hoxesarnunrnhernundahnn nnhe
house and rnsernng speerau ‘acks under
- . the ioundauon Lhat bring the house back
‘, In the correct xeueu. or enurse, digging
,‘ e‘ ’ IhI:~'2 hnles rupxires u nail to 311 und n
..—;.~r «. wzutmg pennd before work ean hegrn
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~ -1 _ . , But unul mcenlly, few people thought
A V rnuuh about are damage to underground
V /' .3’, _ ianliucs that can neeur nut ,us: when
. 4. 1:7 \ exenvaung amund «he iuundnuon of
r ’ w -. \ a home, but also when Lhe house rs
‘ 9£.— \ ' actually mused
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. ey. . - Mmkey Vmsey, power quahty
V. ’— .r - rnvesugamr wuh eneeme and gus
’_ V pxovldnr cuserv, s.ud he has seen at
A . least a duaen rnerdenus in the last rear
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. g where houses and/urzaerhnes were
J __ ~ darnaged asaresuhnnoundnuon
, '\ <' __ ~ levclmg He reeendy put Iogcthcr a
J an ‘ , “"’_ v . preserunuon foxr1damr1gcpmvn:nl|nn
' ’ —~ - cuunnl m hr. area to rar.-e awareness of
J -~ «hrs senous issue
.,. —.. .. j.” ,— _. .. _ ; Mmkey typxcally gem eaued out when a
; ' ._ 3-; __,_ 1. eustorner lm~ an rs-sue wuh u iacnhty nr n
gl _v'-e ‘V. _1 J’ pm'1ez1!.s:lue otl\}I‘:r a:1 outage.
r. fig» , , 4 ~ at ui~r1 rg eve of
fin . '- B , Q _ fir ‘ _ IIG|Xb1€S1'1DOUl’Ig,"1'1£aiIld "I'm on
I-‘LEW? —r "If s the gzound wxlh (hr: cu~tnm2r to
' . —, ,E1"“‘ 1 I ~ . ‘ hexp nnd outw}mn~'wmng Over
I.’-' $153 r. ‘ "“ *‘ ' . x r ume, north Texas has xown ~o
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,_,_V- ; - I g: ‘, 7,, \ A mu at eneemerans are fanned
"Ix _ gj ‘ ; ‘ .’ on n£wIn~'tr1llaI|ons,and(112 an of
.1 ». :~ " —- s . * \ .,,._ V |mubleshootm has kmd of onzbv (hr:
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4: ' ‘W’ >‘ _- N ‘m wnysrde. when nur mzmbcrcustumnn
;_-_f "' ~_ ;_ ' 4. 2-..\ H, ., . need help, they Ionk to us beynnd ,us:
_ . _..~ ‘ t \ turning on the power."
, H ‘ ' _ *1 ~ I '— Mmkcy ulsn rnuesugaxes when u
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