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Pet safety during heavy storms and power outages is important. Here are some simple tips to keep your furry friend happy and safe!

🌪️ Important Notice 🌪️ We believe a tornado recently passed just east of our location, resulting in significant damage to the power lines. Fortunately, our shop has not sustained any damage; however, it appears that it will be a few days before power is restored. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. We will resume operations as soon as power is restored. Stay safe. #TornadoAlert #PowerOutage #CommunitySupport #SafetyFirst #WeatherUpdate

STORM AND OUTAGE DETAILS AEP OHIO MONITORING AND PREPARING FOR INCOMING SEVERE STORMS Update: 4/1/2024 6:06 PM ET What You Need to Know Late tonight and Tuesday morning: We’re monitoring the threat of strong to severe weather in Central and Southern Ohio. Tuesday afternoon and into the evening: The latest forecast indicates a significant severe weather threat across the state with 60-75+ mph wind gusts and tornadoes possible. Find tips to stay safe before, during and after the storms, including a reminder to sign up for alerts at AEPOhio.com/Alerts. AEP strongly encourage customers with medical issues and life-supporting equipment to have a backup power source and an alternate plan in the event of a power outage. For more details-------->  https://lnkd.in/gqR-KU_R

It's a good idea to use caution when the forecast calls for thunderstorms. Here's how to keep your home and your family safe as sudden and powerful storms arise.

Did you know summer is the BEST time to get your chimney cleaned? Why? ☀️Clear debris from those summer storms. ☀️Clears creosote buildup to prevent chimney fires. ☀️Beat the rush. Better rates. Better turnaround time. ✅National Fire Protection Association recommends getting your chimney cleaned at least once a year and now is the time! #DuraventGroup #BuildForTheFuture

⚠ WEEKLY OUTAGE REPORT ⚠ Another tough week of storms, hail, high winds and tornadoes leading to power outages. Major outages were experienced this past week in Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and West Virginia impacting 901,745 customers. The most severely impacted counties were:  • Dallas, Texas (393,528) • Collin, Texas (94,752) • Denton, Texas (65,335) • Tarrant, Texas (53,132) • Kaufman, Texas (41,068) • Rockwall, Texas (34,025) • Benton, Arkansas (31,886) • Jefferson, Kentucky (19,432) • Van Zandt, Texas (15,873) • Muhlenberg, Kentucky (11,768) • Ellis, Texas (10,251) Don't wait for the power to go off to explore your options. Get ahead of it to ensure your business is not impacted. In the #manufacturing industry, the cost of #downtime is approximately $260,000 per hour - protect your people, margins and operations. Learn more at www.veckta.com VECKTA #poweroutages #energyresilience #texasblackout #missouripoweroutage #arkansasblackout #kentuckyoutage #westvirginiapoweroutage #dallasoutage #gridresilience #veckta #onsiteenergysolutions #businesscontinuity #powergridfailure #energysolutions

⚡⚠️Weather Alert ⚠️⚡ Due to the safety concerns for our customers and staff, our Dickinson branches will close at 3 pm (mst) today. According to the National Weather Service - Severe Thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon through the evening to produce up to baseball size hail, damaging winds as high as 80 mph, and tornados. Areas include: Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Golden Valley- Billings-Stark-Morton-Burleigh-Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams- Sioux-Emmons. Please use safety precautions : ✔️Stay inside a sturdy building or shelter that can protect you from deadly lightning, large hail, damaging winds, flooding rain and tornadoes. ✔️Stay away from windows and avoid electrical equipment and plumbing. ✔️Remember to bring pets inside. ✔️If there is time, secure loose objects outside as these objects often become dangerous flying debris in high winds. ✔️Avoid open spaces, isolated objects, high ground and metallic objects.

Here are some tips that can help you navigate the claims process following yesterday's storms.

On July 16, 2024 I received a dispatch request for my Type 1 water tender for the Falls Fire, about 13 miles north of Burns, OR. At that time it was around 60,000 acres. Due to continued 100+ degree temperatures, high winds and a lightning cell that moved through, the fire is 139,507 acres as of this post and still growing. My driver is one of 1,621 personnel on this fire. Currently each load of water is a 2-hour round trip due to the terrain, the roads are terrible with large sharp rocks that are brutal on expensive truck tires. Four brand new drive tires going on tomorrow afternoon. My driver will time out next week and I'll be out there for a couple days and hopefully get some pictures. Sadly, so far they have lost 29 structures and the current suppression cost is 28.3 million dollars and increasing every day. Currently Region 6, OR/WA has 48 uncontained large fires with 13 new fires reported in the last 24 hours burning just shy of 1 million acres. Please do your part, please be mindful of your outside activities, working or recreating and do not do anything that could start a new fire. Please follow the fire restrictions in place, they are there to protect our forests. 7/26/24 Update. There are now 59 uncontained large fires in Region 6 with 21 new fires in the last 24 hours. The Falls fire is now 140,422 acres with 55% containment. Tragically we lost a firefighter last night on this fire. A SEAT (Single Engine Air Tanker) was working a new lightning start near Seneca when it went missing around 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening. The pilot and plane were found this morning. Please keep all firefighters in your thoughts, it's a very dangerous job and this tragic loss underscores just how dangerous it can be.

House fires are more deadly and costly than ever. Electrical malfunctions start more than 35,000 house fires, causing more than 1,300 injuries, 500 deaths and $1.4 billion dollars in property damage. Learn how to protect your home from becoming the next house fire below.