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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       Dec. 12, 2007

No. 07-188

KANSAS POWER OUTAGES INCREASE TO 130,000 CUSTOMERS OVERNIGHT;
KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD DELIVERING MORE GENERATORS, COTS TO SHELTERS

Overnight more power lines and poles fell across Kansas leaving more homes, some shelters, nursing homes and businesses . Approximately, 130,000 Kansas customers are without power. Kansas Rural Electric Cooperatives reported 20,000 more customers lost power overnight bringing their total to 49,000 customers out of service. Westar is reporting approximately 76,000 customers out of service, Kansas City Power and Light has approximately 4,300 with no power and BPU has 800 without power.

Numerous shelters are open around the state to assist those needing warm food, water and a warm place to stay. (A list of shelters is included at the bottom of the news release). Unfortunately, some shelters are needing generators to stay open due to loss of power.

The Kansas National Guard is responding to requests for two generators to Cherokee County to restore power to sewer treatment systems in Columbus, a request for cots to a shelter in Holton in Jackson County, and a request for cots and a generator to Onaga in Pottawatomie County.

The 184th Intelligence Wing in Wichita has already supplied generators to four locations including two nursing homes without power in Seneca in Nemaha County: Crestview Manor Nursing Home at 808 N. 8th Street and one to Life Care Center of Seneca at 512 Community Drive. The 184th transported two generators in southeast Kansas to reestablish power to sewer and water treatment systems today. One generator was set up in Chetopa to restore power to the sewer lift station. Another generator was set up in Baxter Springs in Cherokee County at the Rural Water District # 3 to restore power to the water treatment plant.

The Kansas National Guard’s 891st Engineering Battalion helped Labette County with clearing debris from roadways. Debris as well as downed power lines have prevented some emergency responders from traveling on certain Kansas highways.

In addition, the Kansas National Guard opened two of its armories as shelters today: the Horton Armory in Brown County, and the Russell Armory in Russell County.

Open Shelters (As Reported to State Emergency Operations Center):

• Atchison County: First Baptist Church, Atchison
• Brown County:
• Kansas National Guard Armory, Horton
• Horton City Hall, Horton
• Everest Community Center, Everest
• Morrill Community Building, Morrill
• Cherokee County:
• First United Methodist Church, Columbus
• Columbus Community Center, Columbus
• Galena Community Center, Galena
• Coffey County:
• Baptist Church, 420 N. Maple, Lebo
• Sunset Manor Nursing Home, Waverly
• Waverly Fire Station
• Crawford County: Pittsburg
• Dickinson County:
• Herington Community Building, Herington
• Sterl Hall, 619 N Rogers, Abilene
• Edwards County: Edwards County Health Department, Kinsley
• Ellsworth County:
• Friendship Center, 125 N. Main, Holyrood
• Wilson Elementary
• Jackson County:
• Senior Citizens Center, Holton
• Omega Family Clinic, Holton
• Prairie Band Pottawatomie Casino Hotel
• Labette County: Masonic Lodge, Chetopa
• Leavenworth County: Fire Station # 1, Leavenworth
• Lincoln County: Lincoln Elementary School, Lincoln
• Ottawa County: Minneapolis
• Pawnee County:
• Larned Community Center, Larned
• Pratt County: Municipal Building, Pratt
• McPherson County:
• McPherson American Red Cross 1023 S. Main, McPherson
• Soderstrom Elementary School, 227 N. Washington, Lindsborg
• Reno County:
• Trinity United Methodist Church, Hutchinson
• Turon Community Building, Turon
• Rice County: Celebration Center, Lyons
• Riley County: Pottorf Hall at CICO Park, Manhattan
• Russell County:
• Kansas National Guard Armory, Russell
• Bunker Hill Fire Department
• Smoky Hill Public Television
• Saline County:
• Webster Conference Center, Salina
• Salina Central High School, Salina
• Shawnee County: Expo Center, 17th and Topeka Boulevard, Shawnee
• Stafford County: First Christian Church, Stafford
• Wabaunsee County: County Courthouse, Alma
  

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