Why are there 10 power company trucks parked at Dutch Fork High right now?

I was driving down Broad River Road about an hour ago, and the high school parking lot looked like a staging ground for a war zone. Dozens of utility trucks from Dominion Energy and tree trimming crews are just sitting there idling. Usually, they only do that after a hurricane hits. It freaked me out a little, so I pulled over and checked the NWS detailed discussion on LocalAll. The wording they are using is… intense. They are quoting experts calling this a “potentially catastrophic event” for the Carolinas and warning that ice accumulation could snap power lines like twigs. One report said even “half an inch of ice” is enough to cause widespread outages that last for…

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