Road crew worked on power lines during active thunderstorm


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Couldn't quite hear you. I think you were going to me to say something, but... Yeah, let me see if that's true. Well, not much, but what stood out today was when a storm came over. I was in the middle of in the vehicle. They didn't issue a severe... thunderstorm warning for it. And then later they issued a special weather statement kind of as it was already there. But there was a road crew working on some power lines and they just decided to keep working right in the middle of the downpour and then all the lightning strikes were, there had to be at least six or seven lightning strikes that were right on top of us and they're literally still working on the power line. It didn't strike me as a very good safety protocol, so it was just like...
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McDonough, GA
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