Update: A BPU power outage map says more than 13,000 customers are without power as of 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
With a thunderstorm with 70 mph wind gusts moving through Wyandotte County tonight, the Board of Public Utilites’ power outage map at 10:15 p.m. was showing more than 5,000 power outages.
The Unified Government and Board of Public Utility’s company really jumped on the problems at hand last night. I was really pleased to see the truck coming down my street at 1 in the morning. He asked if my address was 0000 and I said yes that I had already cut up the tree that fell on my truck blocking the street and dragged it out of the way. He replied thank you and went on to the next job. My power was out until about 5 in the morning. I woke up comfortable in my air conditioning and no major damage to the fence and truck. Thankful for that. Way to jump on the job guys. Darrell Knox.