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Television Power Rangers have nothing on this area and that ability of our local Power Rangers to work together. We have our own brand of Power Rangers and Transformers and they demonstrated Wednesday that they can put the power and the electricity together. It is a story of how a terrible thing such as a fire destroyed power and a group of hard working guys doing their part righted the disaster. It is a story of how America has always done it, with hard work and determination.
The Bent County fire destroyed the main power line that feeds the Fort Lyon Correctional Facility with power for their lights, runs their refrigerators and equipment and opens and shuts the gates inside the Fort Lyon prison. So using the “we can do it” spirit that typifies the firefighters who man the lines, the commissioners who struggle with the disaster, and the law enforcement and fire marshall who directs the fight, the Las Animas, La Junta and Lamar Power and Light crews tackled the lost electricity and joined the fight. They are doing what they do best and doing it with electric transforming speed.
On Wednesday morning the three area Power Rangers and the Transformer crews tackled the job of getting electricity back to Fort Lyon Correctional Facility. “We met at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday to develop a game plan and decide which line to rebuild right away,” Ron Clodfelter, Las Animas Light and Power superintendent, said. By the afternoon, the formable job was looking do-able and Clodfelter reported, “They are kicking butt. These guys are doing two weeks of work in two days.” Clodfelter said they think the crews from the neighboring cities and the local crew can get the power back to the facility by late Thursday afternoon.
Rick Sigel, Lamar light and power superintendent, echoing Clodfelter, said they are shooting for Thursday afternoon, and then they will heat up the lines. He said the crews have already completed several structures which are two steel poles with the crossbars. Then the crew will rewire the 69,000 volt wires that run from Lamar to Las Animas. He said they have already stabilized six poles. “This is a good cooperative effort from members of ARPA. Monday, we did cleanup and stabilized and began to rebuild on Wednesday, he said proudly as he went back to grab a shovel and work at tamping down the dirt around a newly planted steel pole.
Fort Lyon Correctional Facility lost power Tuesday afternoon and only had enough fuel to run the emergency generators for 20 hours. Again the local cities of Las Animas and Lamar responded with generosity and “do it” spirit and sent two large generators to provide more power for the facility east of Las Animus. Las Animas also provided some extra energy from their farm circuit, according to Clodfelter.
Human resources spokesman for Department of Corrections, Helen Sanguinetti, said, “The facility is doing great. The electric company is restoring the power and we appreciate all their effort.” She added that no major problems have been reported to her office and she had been at the prison on Tuesday to view some of the effects of the fire.
Television Power Rangers have nothing on this area and that ability of our local Power Rangers to work together. We have our own brand of Power Rangers and Transformers and they demonstrated Wednesday that they can put the power and the electricity together. It is a story of how a terrible thing such as a fire destroyed power and a group of hard working guys doing their part righted the disaster. It is a story of how America has always done it, with hard work and determination.
The Bent County fire destroyed the main power line that feeds the Fort Lyon Correctional Facility with power for their lights, runs their refrigerators and equipment and opens and shuts the gates inside the Fort Lyon prison. So using the “we can do it” spirit that typifies the firefighters who man the lines, the commissioners who struggle with the disaster, and the law enforcement and fire marshall who directs the fight, the Las Animas, La Junta and Lamar Power and Light crews tackled the lost electricity and joined the fight. They are doing what they do best and doing it with electric transforming speed.
On Wednesday morning the three area Power Rangers and the Transformer crews tackled the job of getting electricity back to Fort Lyon Correctional Facility. “We met at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday to develop a game plan and decide which line to rebuild right away,” Ron Clodfelter, Las Animas Light and Power superintendent, said. By the afternoon, the formable job was looking do-able and Clodfelter reported, “They are kicking butt. These guys are doing two weeks of work in two days.” Clodfelter said they think the crews from the neighboring cities and the local crew can get the power back to the facility by late Thursday afternoon.
Rick Sigel, Lamar light and power superintendent, echoing Clodfelter, said they are shooting for Thursday afternoon, and then they will heat up the lines. He said the crews have already completed several structures which are two steel poles with the crossbars. Then the crew will rewire the 69,000 volt wires that run from Lamar to Las Animas. He said they have already stabilized six poles. “This is a good cooperative effort from members of ARPA. Monday, we did cleanup and stabilized and began to rebuild on Wednesday, he said proudly as he went back to grab a shovel and work at tamping down the dirt around a newly planted steel pole.
Fort Lyon Correctional Facility lost power Tuesday afternoon and only had enough fuel to run the emergency generators for 20 hours. Again the local cities of Las Animas and Lamar responded with generosity and “do it” spirit and sent two large generators to provide more power for the facility east of Las Animus. Las Animas also provided some extra energy from their farm circuit, according to Clodfelter.
Human resources spokesman for Department of Corrections, Helen Sanguinetti, said, “The facility is doing great. The electric company is restoring the power and we appreciate all their effort.” She added that no major problems have been reported to her office and she had been at the prison on Tuesday to view some of the effects of the fire.
