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Wild winds in Cook County ~ www.cookcountynews-herald.com ~ Cook County News Herald <br />` arc - - <br />- <br /> <br />Grand Marais Public Utilities also called <br />for assistance to the Minnesota Municipal <br />Utilities Association. Line crews came <br />from Elk River, MN to assist. At press <br />time, PUC Secretary Jan Smith said <br />about half of the power on the east end <br />of the city was still off. Another <br />transformer had just blown. She said, "It <br />seems like we take one step forward-- <br />and two steps bak. But they are working <br />as hard as they can to get everyone <br />back in service." <br />CURRENT FIRE <br />SITUATION <br />Search Archives <br />Kok County Highway Department and Search <br />Minnesota Department of Transportation _.__ _ _ _ ._ <br />(Mn/DOT) crews were also working long Click here for digital <br />hours, clearing roads from one end of edition <br />the county to another. One Hovland coat c©unTY ,. <br />resident reported that between the trees :~r~~r~ j ~~=~r~~ l~~ <br />and the downed power line near Ida :;~ vtw. <br />Lane, "it looked like a war zone." n~°" ~~++.ryy.. '' <br />dH~2;( isltll •. 4 <br />.~ dmvon ~ . ~, <br />_ . <br />-• - b~ h <br />'•'° ~+ ~'' }G'iiCf WjtlGli i~ ~Q+D~ C-0rJrl~~ <br />y _ l~~ _. <br />IL ~+ f ~' <br />j, ~ ~ <br />~~~ " ` ~ I _ _ _. _ _. <br />fl~r,h t n~•.•c pr:llr.; IyC~ .. <br />., ~, , r <br />~_ -;~ t~JnO rUnr n~3p sr ~4 :•.~rJ h~:r ta'rr5 <br />~ •.ti pr <br />~ ~` i~ <br />+..., <br />µ ~ ' <br />Kcal fire departments were kept busy -~' "• - <br />.rith calls of fires as trees fell on power <br />lines. There were calls to put out fires on Special sections: <br />lines in Lutsen, Grand Marais, and <br />TRANSPOtRTAT9iON <br />as$oCraTE <br /> <br />Tr:u an^.(~i.. ~ ~ ~•~r•:i+ll . ~. '~~~_ c Plw ;. h.! :~.•: <br />Tn:+.h._:a,.i 51. ., ;•~~I.',P.~arw•,i,.d:;;.•:edL. <br />3.ia_~ 'crr..:r w:n~ c•~:~rrl re~~rJ :u?4 u.;s:::a:. a w-~I- <br />- ,ru•:I al Incr,d a1:C. c:d cri, au_c: {:~:.:;~ a C~:::c n•zal~ <br />:: ,, ~. ,rc *-4s r,°:parsrr~ ~rUs and a: rrr I n r.::ur~ ~, _I:: 1.; <br />hLFa:w•~•.:~caracr~.ast~.nr ~~r.:a:: •:::1•rr 1.-. i :rU•i,~. <br />ri:f r~~ r iz+lY?;f..:r:97 I' [:~a-.s .::.•,t:t:r:1 .-~rlr~l: <br />http://www.cookcountynews-herald.com/news/2009-10-03/Front_Page/Wild_winds_in_Cook_County.html (4 of 7)11/5/2009 8:36:2( AM <br />V'~ .r <br />