{"id":20837,"date":"2025-01-29T10:52:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20837"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:42:16","slug":"tallahassee-residents-are-still-without-power-after-the-winter-storm","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahassee-residents-are-still-without-power-after-the-winter-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee residents are still without power after the winter storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20837-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/01\/westwoodoutages0128ss.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/01\/westwoodoutages0128ss.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/01\/westwoodoutages0128ss.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<ul>\n<li>A handful of Tallahassee residents are still without power following a recent winter storm. <\/li>\n<li>The rare event swept through the Panhandle and parts of the Big Bend. <\/li>\n<li>WFSU News spoke with one woman who says she\u2019s been in the dark for a week and is now living out of a hotel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Samantha McCoy\u2019s home is on the northwest side of Tallahassee in the Westwood community. She says she heard a loud bang outside early last Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour o\u2019clock in the morning, we had all this snow and sleet,&#8221; explained McCoy. &#8220;My partner rushed upstairs and said something happened outside&#8230;we heard a loud rumble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was the sound of the free-standing car port outside McCoy\u2019s townhouse crashing down onto several parked cars including her own.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/63\/5d\/f69a590b41cfa000f7ab17bfed5a\/img-0547.jpg\" width=\"1140\" height=\"853\" alt=\"Samantha McCoy\u2019s home is on the northwest side of Tallahassee in the Westwood community. She says she was awaken by a loud bang outside her home early last Wednesday morning. (Photo by Samantha McCoy)\"><\/p>\n<p>It also took out the electricity meters nearby.<\/p>\n<p>The City says the damage to the power meters presented an electrical fire hazard. As a result, officials killed the power to the meters that operate five Westwood units.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has left residents living off generators and for McCoy\u2014spending money on hotels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of us have pets that need to go to a hotel to make sure they stay warm,&#8221; said McCoy. &#8220;Since we been out of power for so long, I just went to our dark condo and tossed all the freezer and fridge groceries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/ae\/2e\/5db9a724450681045e67d557e94e\/img-0548-2.jpg\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1542\" alt=\"The City of Tallahassee says last week's winter storm damaged power meters in the Westwood community. The damage presented an electrical fire hazard and as a result, officials killed the power to five units.\"><\/p>\n<p>The city says all storm related power outages have been restored on its end but for McCoy the wait continues. That\u2019s because before the city can turn her power back on, her condo\u2019s HOA must repair the damaged electric meters.<\/p>\n<p>She hopes that will happen sooner rather than later, as her hotel bill steadily increases. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2025 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20838,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tallahassee residents are still without power after the winter storm - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahassee-residents-are-still-without-power-after-the-winter-storm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tallahassee residents are still without power after the winter storm - 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