TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - City of Tallahassee utility crews will be packing up and heading down south to help other cities affected by hurricane Irma.
The crews will leave early Thursday morning, and there's no telling how long they'll be gone.
During Wednesday night's City of Tallahassee Commission meeting, Assistant City Manager Reese Goad announced that 56,000 City of Tallahassee utility customers lost power during the storm.
He said crews worked tirelessly after Irma passed, and that 95% of customers had electricity by 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, and the number rose to 99% by Wednesday.
Mayor Andrew Gillum says while there are some customers still without power, the City will make sure those customers are back up and running before utility crews head down south to assist other areas in need.
Mayor Andrew Gillum: Loading up and going down, dispersing through the state of Florida to return the favor that we were beneficiaries of last year when flocks rushed to our aid to get power back retored to our community. So I tell you, their going nonstop, around the clock and now that they get to repay that debt to the rest of the state, I know they feel proud and as Mayor, I'm extremely proud that we get to fan out and help the rest of Florida.
Other storm facts revealed during Wednesday night's meeting: Irma caused 300 trees to go down and 177 roads to close.
The City handed out 90,000 sandbags and used 30 portable generators to power up intersections around town.
Now, their goal is to get funding from FEMA.
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