Hurricane Ida: Linemen Mobilize to Support Power Restoration

Aug. 30, 2021
More than 25,000 workers from at least 32 states and the District of Columbia traveled to Louisiana and Mississippi to provide assistance.

Hurricane Ida inflicted destruction and left a million people without power in Louisiana 16 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. In response, the line trade came together to provide mutual aid to the impacted utilities in the region. 

When disaster strikes, the utility community doesn't just stand on the sidelines. Linemen leave their homes and their families for weeks, or even months, at a time to travel to the hardest hit areas and do what they do best--get the lights back on. 

Thank you to all of the hard-working and dedicated line crews who hit the road over the last day or two to Louisiana and Mississippi to provide mutual assistance. This photo gallery is dedicated to the first responders and heroes in the line trade. We are hoping for a safe restoration for the impacted utilities as well as for those providing assistance. 

If you are providing mutual aid and want to be included in this photo gallery, send your photo of your crews and your trucks to Field Editor Amy Fischbach

Also, check out the below video clip from JEA about how it is providing mutual aid in the wake of Hurricane Ida. 

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade.  She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected]

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