LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – A video of a local lineman posted on the weekend of June 14th has blown up on social media. Mary Laurent, Slemco communications coordinator said the purpose of the video in light of the hellacious weather happening was to let customers know and understand why one of the most difficult things for them to do is to tell customers exactly when their power will be restored.
“Each service man has a list of people that he needs to go to and take care of the outages. So when he gets to one, if it’s going to take longer than it’s going to put the next one further behind. So they have to improvise to get the work done safely and still get it done as quickly as possible so that the customer gets their power back on and so it was just an example to show that, and it kind of took on a life of its own,” she said.
The man in the video is a Kaplan Service Center employee and who is familiar with the area. She said the area is down by the coast; South of Erath and lineman work in that area regularly. He was swimming in a flooded sugarcane field…