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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Wed Feb 12, 2014, 09:45 AM Feb 2014

Ice storm knocks out power to 27,000 customers (Georgia)

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/scattered-power-outages-reported/ndLs9/

As the ice formed and the wind blew early Wednesday, about 27,000 people lost power, including 14,000 in Atlanta, according to Georgia Power.

The outages meant no lights and, in many cases, no heat for each customer, with temperatures still hovering below the freezing mark.

Georgia Power said a couple of incidents had turned off power to 2,017 customers near Canton, most of them east of 575 and northeast of Scott Mill Creek. The company expected to have power returned early this morning.

About 1,250 customers were without power east of Atlanta near Thomson. About half of those affected were north of I-20 along Route 17. About half of those affected were south of I-20, also along Route 17.