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Utility Crews Preparing For Ice Storm

National Weather Service-Memphis

Officials say lessons learned from 2009 will help with response

A significant ice storm is coming to the KASU listening area. Preparations are underway at local and regional utilities for the storm. With the ice that is coming, power outages are a possibility. KASU’s Johnathan Reaves has details on what is being done to get ready for the storm. Click on the Listen button to hear the story.

The winter storm could drop as much as an inch of ice, creating a challenge for utility crews. While this storm is not expected to be as bad as 2009, many lessons have been learned and crews feel more prepared for the storm.

If you do lose power, here is how you can report the outage. City Water and Light customers can text the word Out to 800-933-3672 or report directly on their website. Craighead Electric Cooperative customers can report outages using their Smart Hub app on mobile devices or on their website.

Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.