(Des Moines) — It has been a week since the strong derecho wind storm that swept across the state, and destroyed structures, crops, and power lines.
Many people are still without power, although utility companies have been working around the clock since the storm hit, trying to restore power to their customers. Geoff Greenwood is the spokesperson for MidAmerican Energy.
He says last week’s storm was like no other storm, and he offers a status update as of Monday morning.
The utility company spokesperson says help from other utility companies from across the U-S came to Iowa to assist with the power restoration efforts.
Greenwood says with all the destruction to the electrical grid system because of the storm, surprisingly, the company’s wind turbine farms did not sustain any major damage, and were able to continue generating electricity.
With the wide spread area of damage, and with a large number of electrical utility poles needing to be replaced, did MidAmerican have enough supplies for the restoration process?
Greenwood says although power is expected to be restored within the next day or so, he says there will be some long-term needed repairs that will need to be addressed at a later time.
