1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:11,320 David Latona: Welcome to Co-op Conversations with DEMCO, where we talk about the topics that impact your power, 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:15,520 your co-op, and your community. I'm your host, David Latona. 3 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:22,440 Joining us today is DEMCO's District Manager Andy Graham and lineman Justin Andrews, 4 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:28,960 who recently returned from storm restoration work following Winter Storm Fern. 5 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,280 And that's what we're talking about today. 6 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:32,960 Welcome to the podcast, men. 7 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:34,360 Andy Graham: Thank you, David. 8 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:34,920 Justin Andrews: Yes, sir. 9 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,840 David Latona: I'm so excited that y'all are here. 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:45,120 This is the first time on DEMCO's podcast that we're talking about a specific storm, 11 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:49,560 what it's like from the perspective of the crews who are actually working in the field. 12 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:56,240 Today, you've just come back from working a winter storm in north Louisiana. 13 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:02,180 Andy, can you tell us where our crews were called and what that entailed? 14 00:01:02,620 --> 00:01:06,180 Andy Graham: We went to Northeast Louisiana Power in Oak Grove. 15 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:08,140 David Latona: It's a beautiful place. 16 00:01:08,180 --> 00:01:08,820 Andy Graham: Yeah, yeah. 17 00:01:08,860 --> 00:01:12,060 David Latona: Northeast Louisiana. I hear there's a lot of action going on up there, 18 00:01:12,060 --> 00:01:16,620 but I know also there were some other crews from DEMCO that went to Concordia, 19 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:18,700 but that's not the crew that you guys were on. 20 00:01:19,020 --> 00:01:25,060 So what's the best resource that DEMCO provides to a co-op in need when they make that call? 21 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:29,820 Andy Graham: Yeah, it kind of depends on what they need, what type of equipment that they need. 22 00:01:30,380 --> 00:01:34,060 In this case, we brought there were 16 of us. 23 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:39,260 So we had a digger truck, we had bucket trucks, we had our off-road equipment. 24 00:01:39,460 --> 00:01:43,300 We bring a mechanic with us. It really just depends on what they need. 25 00:01:43,780 --> 00:01:50,620 David Latona: That's interesting too, because I know northeast is a smaller co-op than DEMCO. 26 00:01:51,060 --> 00:01:55,540 But also you don't think about needing off-road equipment in North Louisiana. 27 00:01:55,540 --> 00:01:57,260 But tell me about that experience. 28 00:01:57,260 --> 00:01:58,940 Was there a great need for that? 29 00:01:58,940 --> 00:02:00,260 Justin, you saw some of that. 30 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:00,540 Justin Andrews: Yeah. 31 00:02:00,580 --> 00:02:02,000 David Latona: Track equipment that we use. 32 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:02,640 Justin Andrews: I was actually on the track bucket. 33 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,440 David Latona: Were you? Okay, tell me about that. 34 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,560 Justin Andrews: If we wouldn't have had that track bucket, it would have been a lot harder than it was. A lot of their stuff 35 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,640 is off-road, and it's hard to get to. 36 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:17,280 If we wouldn't have had the off-road bucket, it'd been a lot more work than we already did. 37 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,480 David Latona: And I know that's great for us when we've got special equipment, but when we're going, 38 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,920 we want our mechanic too. We don't want to increase that burden on Northeast to say, 39 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:32,960 "Hey, we're sending a bunch of equipment," but who knows what could happen in the case of a storm restoration? 40 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,280 Once you guys are called, right. 41 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,880 So, DEMCO gets the call from the statewide. 42 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,080 Once they tell Andy, build this team. 43 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,920 Here's your guys. How does that work? 44 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,280 You guys meet up in one place, or do you guys roll out from your district offices? 45 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:52,200 How does that work? 46 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:58,680 Andy Graham: We're going to bring two from every office most of the time, which this time we brought more than two from – 47 00:02:58,880 --> 00:02:59,640 Justin Andrews: Three at my office. 48 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,970 Andy Graham: We had three at his office. We're generally going to bring our newest, 49 00:03:04,090 --> 00:03:08,770 best equipment. We don't want to be four hours from home and have a breakdown. 50 00:03:09,570 --> 00:03:10,050 David Latona: Good point. 51 00:03:10,050 --> 00:03:13,690 Andy Graham: So from there, we're going to get everything buttoned up at home. 52 00:03:14,130 --> 00:03:16,730 You know, make sure that everything at home is good. 53 00:03:17,490 --> 00:03:23,410 Another consideration, you know, like with this storm, we've got to make sure that our system is 54 00:03:23,410 --> 00:03:27,930 okay before we can go work on someone else's system. 55 00:03:27,930 --> 00:03:33,050 And that's not always the case. Back in '22, we went to South Carolina, 56 00:03:33,610 --> 00:03:36,570 and we knew that there was no threat of ice here. 57 00:03:36,890 --> 00:03:41,210 And so we went ahead of time and staged, and the ice came in that night. 58 00:03:41,610 --> 00:03:47,890 But typically be it ice or hurricane, we're going to make sure that our system is in the clear before 59 00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:55,650 we go anywhere. We'll meet up here at headquarters, you know, generally early in the morning and roll out from 60 00:03:55,650 --> 00:03:55,970 there. 61 00:03:56,450 --> 00:03:58,770 David Latona: Let's say you guys are caravanning up there. 62 00:03:59,250 --> 00:04:02,810 You're going to stay away from home, away from your families. 63 00:04:03,070 --> 00:04:08,390 When you arrive at Northeast Power, what's the boots on the ground scene there? 64 00:04:08,390 --> 00:04:11,350 When you get there, what does it look like to you all? 65 00:04:11,790 --> 00:04:15,870 Andy Graham: So in this case, we pulled up. We kind of had a little bit of a welcoming party. 66 00:04:16,510 --> 00:04:20,990 You know, they, they all piled out of the office and came to greet us. So we get there, 67 00:04:21,630 --> 00:04:29,350 and we met with Mr. Jeff, Ms. Norah, and just kind of gave us a briefing of what it was going to look 68 00:04:29,350 --> 00:04:35,510 like, what we could expect. We're working on a foreign system that we're totally unfamiliar with. 69 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:42,990 So we're going over voltages. We're going over safety protocol, the type of equipment that they use. 70 00:04:43,510 --> 00:04:50,190 Generally just what we can expect while we're there, along with what our sleeping arrangements look like. 71 00:04:50,550 --> 00:04:54,590 You know, what does the food look like? What about material? 72 00:04:54,950 --> 00:04:56,550 You know, that sort of thing. 73 00:04:56,590 --> 00:05:03,650 David Latona: Yeah, I would imagine day-to-day life is very different during that response process. 74 00:05:03,850 --> 00:05:04,450 Andy Graham: Right. 75 00:05:04,490 --> 00:05:12,330 David Latona: So, Justin, when you were there and they said, "Here's your supper and here's your bunk." How did that make you 76 00:05:12,330 --> 00:05:13,130 feel inside? 77 00:05:13,530 --> 00:05:18,610 Justin Andrews: Well, once I figured out that we was going to have some good food and a warm place to sleep, 78 00:05:18,810 --> 00:05:22,690 I was okay. You know, if we can get us a hot shower and a good comfort bed, 79 00:05:22,730 --> 00:05:25,290 you know, we're okay. We can work all day. 80 00:05:25,330 --> 00:05:32,450 David Latona: I know Jeff, the GM up there at Northeast was super happy to have you guys come. 81 00:05:32,490 --> 00:05:37,250 He was just pleased. I imagine when Andy said they poured out of the office to greet you all, 82 00:05:37,290 --> 00:05:42,570 that's probably something he had lined up. He's like, "Y'all, when they get here, we're gonna make them feel at home, 83 00:05:42,570 --> 00:05:43,250 too. And that's great." 84 00:05:43,250 --> 00:05:43,570 Justin Andrews: They did. 85 00:05:43,610 --> 00:05:43,970 Andy Graham: They did. 86 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:44,970 Justin Andrews: They made us feel at home. 87 00:05:44,970 --> 00:05:48,370 David Latona: That's great. And there's different things that you don't think of, 88 00:05:48,370 --> 00:05:52,450 right? Like you got to take care of the laundry for these people for up to two weeks, 89 00:05:52,450 --> 00:05:57,170 right? That's our response time that we'll send a crew for about two weeks at a time. 90 00:05:57,610 --> 00:05:57,970 Andy Graham: Yeah. 91 00:05:58,010 --> 00:06:01,330 David Latona: And we want to make sure that they're not worried about, they being you guys, 92 00:06:01,330 --> 00:06:03,870 when you come to work at Northeast. 93 00:06:03,870 --> 00:06:09,950 And then when we have guests come to DEMCO, we want to make sure that they're not worried about something 94 00:06:09,950 --> 00:06:14,150 else. It's a meticulous job. It's a dangerous job. 95 00:06:14,550 --> 00:06:19,270 We want them to be ready. So you've both worked hurricanes and tornadoes, 96 00:06:19,830 --> 00:06:24,670 and now this is a winter storm. What do you see as the difference? 97 00:06:24,670 --> 00:06:31,190 I know at DEMCO, we don't have as many winter storms as we might have hurricane responses. 98 00:06:31,790 --> 00:06:37,030 So how is that different for the team, Andy, when they were responding to an ice storm? 99 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:40,030 Even some that may have been their first response, right? 100 00:06:40,070 --> 00:06:47,110 Andy Graham: Yeah. I think it's different in the sense that we're dealing with pretty harsh weather conditions, 101 00:06:47,150 --> 00:06:53,190 right? You know, in this case, what were we down 16, 17 [degrees] a couple mornings? 102 00:06:53,230 --> 00:06:53,630 Justin Andrews: Yeah. 103 00:06:53,670 --> 00:06:56,750 Andy Graham: You know, it was cold. It was windy. 104 00:06:57,110 --> 00:06:58,710 Justin Andrews: Ice didn't melt for days. 105 00:06:58,750 --> 00:06:59,390 Andy Graham: That's right. 106 00:06:59,590 --> 00:07:00,150 David Latona: Oh, wow. 107 00:07:00,510 --> 00:07:05,210 Andy Graham: You know, so the hazard is still there as far as on the road. 108 00:07:05,210 --> 00:07:09,930 And certainly the weather is a big difference in the two, and the length of daylight too. 109 00:07:10,250 --> 00:07:14,970 On ice Storm, we're still going to work 16 [hours], but part of it's going to be in the dark. 110 00:07:15,090 --> 00:07:18,490 We don't have those long days like you do during the hurricane. 111 00:07:18,690 --> 00:07:25,770 David Latona: I didn't think about that. We've got a limitation on the number of hours that our people can work due to safety, 112 00:07:25,810 --> 00:07:28,330 right. You want to be fully rested each day. 113 00:07:28,610 --> 00:07:32,930 But that day is a lot shorter in the summer. 114 00:07:33,290 --> 00:07:34,330 No problem. 115 00:07:34,370 --> 00:07:34,690 Andy Graham: Right. 116 00:07:34,730 --> 00:07:37,850 David Latona: Dusk to dawn is when you're off system. 117 00:07:37,850 --> 00:07:41,170 But that time is so different in the winter time. 118 00:07:41,170 --> 00:07:45,410 So you've got to start in the dark, and you might be finishing in the dark. 119 00:07:45,730 --> 00:07:50,250 So when you guys are working, you know you're boots on the ground working that outage. 120 00:07:50,290 --> 00:07:55,690 The lines are down, the trucks are set up, you've got traffic controls in place, 121 00:07:55,690 --> 00:07:59,330 which there wasn't a whole lot of traffic, I don't guess with the roads closed. 122 00:08:00,250 --> 00:08:04,530 But when I think about how cold my fingers get in the winter time, 123 00:08:04,990 --> 00:08:07,950 and I try to do something, it's almost impossible. 124 00:08:07,950 --> 00:08:15,830 But I know when safety measures are in place, when you're wearing sleeves and gloves and insulation 125 00:08:15,830 --> 00:08:22,870 to protect you from the electricity, it makes it that much more difficult to work in the cold. 126 00:08:22,870 --> 00:08:25,950 So how does that compare when it's cold versus hot? 127 00:08:26,150 --> 00:08:31,550 Justin Andrews: Yeah, it definitely slows you down a little bit. You know, you got a lot more bulk on you in that bucket. 128 00:08:31,910 --> 00:08:35,910 You can't move as good as you normally can, you know, so you gotta watch everything you do, 129 00:08:36,110 --> 00:08:40,910 and you're cold, but you're actually getting hot, you know, because you got all these big jackets on and – 130 00:08:41,550 --> 00:08:46,710 Andy Graham: You will. You'll go from, you know, freezing cold to now I'm too hot. 131 00:08:47,470 --> 00:08:50,910 And I took too much off, now I'm cold again, all day. 132 00:08:51,070 --> 00:08:56,190 David Latona: Back and forth, right? I get a, maybe a good layer of sweat now that is freezing. 133 00:08:56,710 --> 00:09:00,230 And when you're on 15 degrees, it's tough. 134 00:09:00,430 --> 00:09:03,350 You got sun for a while, then maybe now it's shade again. 135 00:09:03,390 --> 00:09:10,160 It can get really cold really fast and your extremities start to stop working as well, 136 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:17,280 right? When I want to screw that nut on that bolt in August, it's very different than in January. 137 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,600 Justin Andrews: Oh yeah. Yeah. Fingers go numb. 138 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:24,200 Andy Graham: When it would get to about, what did you say, Justin, about 4:00 in the afternoon? 139 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:24,960 Justin Andrews: Yeah. 140 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,280 Andy Graham: And that sun would hit a certain angle where now you're in pretty much in the shade. 141 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:32,480 It would start getting cold quick. 142 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,000 Justin Andrews: And you're out in the middle of these fields, and the wind is blowing 100 miles an hour, I think. 143 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:36,480 Andy Graham: Yeah. 144 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:37,320 David Latona: Oh, wow. 145 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:37,920 Andy Graham: Yeah. 146 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,600 David Latona: You know, the co-ops in the northern areas of the US experienced that, 147 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,360 but that was cold weather down here in Louisiana. 148 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,200 Justin Andrews: Yeah. It's definitely something we're not used to. 149 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:55,200 David Latona: Definitely not. I know we had our storm almost a year ago in January of '25. 150 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,400 We had 11 inches of snow I think, but it was so dry. 151 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,560 I think we didn't have ice issues. 152 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,120 We were fortunate that the outages were not as much. 153 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:09,460 So are there some things that are pretty much the same in every storm, 154 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:16,540 right? The trees down and the lines that have been damaged by wind or by weight or whatever it might be that has caused that 155 00:10:16,540 --> 00:10:18,900 breakage. Tell me a little bit about that. 156 00:10:18,940 --> 00:10:22,180 How was how were things the same as a hurricane response? 157 00:10:22,220 --> 00:10:27,260 Justin Andrews: It was a lot of the same. Trees down, lines on the ground, broke poles, 158 00:10:27,940 --> 00:10:31,380 pretty much the same work. Just the conditions, like Andy said earlier, 159 00:10:31,420 --> 00:10:35,860 the conditions were different. You know, when you're working in ice, 160 00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:40,780 it's different hazards. People fall in, you know, and you got to worry about limbs falling out with ice 161 00:10:40,780 --> 00:10:43,060 on them. Had a couple of close calls. 162 00:10:43,420 --> 00:10:46,740 Andy Graham: When you're working on the ice, getting out of the truck is dangerous, 163 00:10:47,220 --> 00:10:47,740 right? 164 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:48,460 David Latona: Great point. 165 00:10:48,460 --> 00:10:50,700 Andy Graham: We probably all fell at least once. 166 00:10:50,980 --> 00:10:53,100 Justin Andrews: Yeah, I think our cook went down a couple of times. 167 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:53,660 Andy Graham: Yeah. 168 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:59,380 David Latona: I know that a slip and fall in the workplace can be just as hazardous sometimes as a limb falling. 169 00:10:59,420 --> 00:10:59,620 Andy Graham: Right. 170 00:10:59,660 --> 00:11:04,620 David Latona: And when you guys are in and out, in and out, in and out, on different terrain that you're not used 171 00:11:04,620 --> 00:11:09,800 to, right. I don't have spikes on my boots to prevent me from sliding on the ice. 172 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,960 So do you guys know some more of the weather conditions from Fern itself? 173 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:21,125 Right, it passed through, and then when you guys were working, was there any more precipitation?, 174 00:11:21,125 --> 00:11:23,280 rainfall, snow frozen? 175 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:27,960 Andy Graham: Yeah. We had one day where it rained for the better part of that day. 176 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:33,000 Just a steady, soaking rain. I think that was the only one. 177 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,280 Justin Andrews: Yeah. The only other issue we really had was it would kind of thaw out during the day. 178 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,280 But then at night right back it was frozen. 179 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:40,800 So, you know, slick again. 180 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:46,040 David Latona: Oh man. Yeah. So you get the melt of the, whether it be snow or sleet, 181 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,960 and then it freezes solid that night. 182 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,760 So that is another issue you have to tackle. 183 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,760 So I know you guys because of your experience you have worked winter storms. 184 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:02,240 So was there a difference in Fern, and let's say Winter Storm Uri that we faced in the past? 185 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:07,420 Justin Andrews: I think the difference of the two was the ice just didn't melt for days. 186 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:10,940 I mean, we worked on ice for, what Andy, a week and a half? 187 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:16,180 Andy Graham: Yeah, at least. I think, too, that just the scale of Fern. 188 00:12:17,060 --> 00:12:21,580 Right? So it went from Louisiana to Tennessee. 189 00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:25,940 And so that means that, you know, we're trying to get material at Northeast. 190 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:28,340 We're trying to get poles at Northeast. 191 00:12:29,060 --> 00:12:34,580 Well, they also need them in Tupelo and Oxford, in Nashville. 192 00:12:34,980 --> 00:12:40,060 That's with any kind of storm, getting material can be a challenge, 193 00:12:40,420 --> 00:12:40,860 right? 194 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:45,420 Justin Andrews: Also the resources, I mean, the people, you know, people scattered out. You can't get as many people. 195 00:12:45,540 --> 00:12:46,220 Andy Graham: That's right. 196 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:47,180 Justin Andrews: Office. You know. 197 00:12:47,220 --> 00:12:47,540 Andy Graham: Yeah. 198 00:12:47,580 --> 00:12:50,140 Justin Andrews: Or one co-op. You know, you got them all over the country. 199 00:12:50,180 --> 00:12:53,580 David Latona: Sure. Now let's get a little more personal, I guess. 200 00:12:53,580 --> 00:12:57,420 You guys are when you go on a call like this, you've done this before, 201 00:12:57,540 --> 00:13:02,940 but what's that like when you leave the family at home, you leave your loved ones at home. 202 00:13:03,380 --> 00:13:08,240 Was it like day three meltdown? You might call your wife and the kids are going crazy. 203 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,840 Or what's that like for you guys when you're on the road? 204 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:17,840 Andy Graham: It's good if you can get everything prepared and squared away ahead of time. 205 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,120 So this is the 10th time that I've been off working. 206 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,560 So my wife, she knows the drill basically. 207 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:28,760 She knows what to do. She knows what to expect. 208 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,400 I tell her ahead of time, prepare for me to be gone for two weeks. 209 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,000 Most of the time you're not gone for that long, but prepare for that. In this case, we were. 210 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:42,320 That makes it easier for us if we can have everything squared away at home. 211 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,280 We don't have to worry about that. 212 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:50,480 And it can mean that while I'm there working, I'm only worried about that. 213 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,040 I'm not worried about things at home. 214 00:13:53,040 --> 00:14:00,920 All that's taken care of. I'm just worried about what I'm doing and doing the things that we need to do to be successful there. 215 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,000 David Latona: That's good, that's good. Justin, how about you? 216 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,700 Justin Andrews: Yeah, it definitely helps knowing that they can handle it at home, you know? I got three boys, 217 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,620 and they can get a little rough. 218 00:14:12,380 --> 00:14:16,540 You know, I think I had to give my little boy about ten chances while I was gone. 219 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:19,860 One more chance, Daddy. One more chance. 220 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:23,900 David Latona: One more chance. That's all I need. 221 00:14:24,420 --> 00:14:31,140 That's great to hear that preparation is so much a key in everything that we do at a utility. 222 00:14:31,140 --> 00:14:34,060 But to even know that that kind of spills over at home. 223 00:14:34,220 --> 00:14:39,100 And it does, you're right, Andy. It makes you feel better when you know you've made that preparation. You know, your loved ones 224 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:45,460 are safe at home. So when DEMCO sends crews out to help, what do you want our members back home to know? 225 00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:51,300 16 of us in this crew were leaving a district somewhere to go work. 226 00:14:51,780 --> 00:14:56,300 Andy Graham: The 16 of us that leave, we're leaving DEMCO shorthanded when we go, 227 00:14:56,300 --> 00:15:03,300 right? That means that everybody who hasn't gone is having to pull a little bit more weight than they normally would. 228 00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:07,620 But that favor gets returned so much from co-ops coming to help us. 229 00:15:08,350 --> 00:15:12,870 And it makes a huge difference when we have, you know, something like a like Hurricane Ida, 230 00:15:13,470 --> 00:15:17,070 right? And we've got all these people that came from all these places, 231 00:15:17,070 --> 00:15:19,310 left their families to come help us. 232 00:15:19,910 --> 00:15:23,990 Justin Andrews: Yeah. Also, the guys that we leave back home, we know they're going to pick up our slack. 233 00:15:24,350 --> 00:15:27,750 They're going to handle what business needs to be handled and make sure the lights stay on. 234 00:15:27,870 --> 00:15:31,190 David Latona: That's a great point. And I know that rotation comes around, right. 235 00:15:31,190 --> 00:15:35,510 The next time DEMCO sends a crew somewhere, you might not be on it, 236 00:15:35,510 --> 00:15:38,150 but one of your team members would be. 237 00:15:38,390 --> 00:15:41,110 Justin Andrews: That's right. So I know that I'll be the one picking up the slack. 238 00:15:41,310 --> 00:15:47,630 David Latona: So if you could tell DEMCO members one thing about a storm restoration like this, 239 00:15:47,990 --> 00:15:49,390 what would you have them know? 240 00:15:50,310 --> 00:15:54,830 Justin Andrews: Just let them know that we're going to do everything in our power to get the lights back on. We're not going to stop until they 241 00:15:54,830 --> 00:15:55,390 come on. 242 00:15:56,110 --> 00:16:03,150 David Latona: That's good. I know there's the whole crew of 16 there, and was it 7 or 8 that went to help Concordia? 243 00:16:03,190 --> 00:16:09,050 And that's what their main focus is, is to safely get that restoration moving. 244 00:16:09,690 --> 00:16:14,210 We do appreciate you guys for heading out and representing our co-op that way. 245 00:16:14,210 --> 00:16:20,410 I know we heard back from the general manager there and the other co-ops where we helped, 246 00:16:20,410 --> 00:16:23,690 and they were super thankful to have our crews go. 247 00:16:23,690 --> 00:16:27,250 And I know same thing, like you said, it's reciprocal. 248 00:16:27,250 --> 00:16:33,210 When we need them, it'll be great to have them come and help along with their equipment that they have. 249 00:16:33,770 --> 00:16:41,210 Guys, thanks again for heading out and working long days in tough conditions representing DEMCO so well. 250 00:16:42,050 --> 00:16:45,610 And thank you for listening to Co-op Conversations with DEMCO. 251 00:16:46,130 --> 00:16:49,010 Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. 252 00:16:49,290 --> 00:16:54,410 If you liked what you heard, leave us a review and like and share the episode with a friend. 253 00:16:55,290 --> 00:17:00,410 For Andy Graham and Justin Duck Andrews, I'm David Latona. 254 00:17:00,850 --> 00:17:03,010 Let's keep the conversation going.