Downed pole causes power outage and road closure in Vidor, Vidor TX
Road ClosureA downed telephone pole near Old Hwy 90 E in Vidor caused a power outage affecting 800 to 1,000 customers for four to five hours. The downed pole fully blocked northbound Main Street at the railroad tracks. All streetlights at the Barbecue Depot intersection have lost power, requiring traffic rerouting. Emergency services and the railroad have been notified.
Audio|Source: Orange County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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105 Viter, just be advised I had to cut the power.
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About 800 to 1,000 customers are about to have no power for the next four hours, four to five hours.
00:08
Probably fixing getting alarmed from south of railroad.
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Who knows where.
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Real 5, Biter.
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Also, get a hold of Percy.
00:15
We're going to need to bring the spot signs out here for the streetlights at the Barbecue Depot intersection.
00:21
All the street lights are completely dead.
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Thank you.
00:28
50 Viter. Is that going to include the high school area also?
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305.50.
00:32
From what I can see, yes,
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possibly. 305.50, it does look like all down, at least remain to orange, for what I can see, it's completely dark, so it probably is.
00:41
Okay. Did our generator kick on? Did you hear it? Ten, four.
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I received.
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Good morning.
00:48
You might let fire need this know this is closed, too.
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You're notified.
00:52
Realified, Viter, I'll go ahead and take care of that.
00:54
I got that. Fire's been notified.
00:55
So you can pass on to Allegiance and also Acadium.
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Northbound Main Street, Northbound Main Street at the railroad tracks are going to be completely blocked for a down telephone pole.
01:06
East and West Railroad, East and West Old 90 still passable.
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You've got to go past that to get between Wallisburg and Railroad due to Northbound traffic being closed.
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You might let the railroad note that the power of these signals is probably dead also.
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Proceed. 305-fire, I'll notify the fire via their channel.
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Fire or DEMS have been advised.
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Location mentioned:
Near Old Hwy 90 E, Vidor, TX 77662
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