Blue Ridge now counts 50 broken power poles

Crews working on behalf of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative intend to work past sundown tonight with the intent of resolving the remaining thousands of customers still without service.  Just this morning, according to Blue Ridge, service was restored to 5,200 customers over the multi-county service territory.  By 11:30 this morning, the remaining Oconee County number had been reduced to 5,568.