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Article: EMCs Send Line Crews to Help in Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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- PR Newswire
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- August 29, 2005
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TUCKER, Ga., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Personnel from electric membership corporations (EMCs) across Georgia are headed to Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi to help electric co-ops restore power to areas hardest hit following Hurricane Katrina.
"We are ready and eager to help," says Georgia EMC Vice President of Safety, Training & Education Jim Wright. "Being an electric co-op means calling upon your neighbors during emergencies. We have a mutual aid agreement that says if we're in trouble, they help us. In return, we help them."
As it stands now, crews will begin leaving Tuesday and Wednesday from Central Georgia EMC in Jackson, Coastal EMC in Midway, ...