Hurricane Florence: Preparation and Mutual Aid

Backup transformers are staged at North Carolina's Tideland EMC (Photo courtesy: Tideland EMC)

A bird's eye view of staged materials at Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative. (Photo courtesy: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative)

Randolph EMC crews and contractors providing storm assistance gathered early this morning for a briefing & hot breakfast to fuel up to respond to any outages that might occur in the wake of Hurricane Florence. (Photo courtesy: Randolph EMC)

Support crew trucks at Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative are loaded and ready to go. (Photo courtesy: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative)

Line crew from Hillsborough-based Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation head east to assist at Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative (Photo courtesy: Piedmont EMC)

Pitt & Greene EMC staged with trucks, trucks and more trucks. (Photo courtesy: North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives)

Earl Jones, an apprentice line technician at Carteret-Craven EMC (left), coordinates restocking efforts as crews continue power restoration following Hurricane Florence. (Photo By: Lisa Galizia/Carteret-Craven EMC)

Six lineworkers from Virginia's Northern Neck Electric Cooperative headed to Carteret_Craven Electric Cooperative in North Carolina to assist with restoration. (Photo courtesy: Northern Neck Electric Cooperative)

Workers fuel up to face the storm at Pee Dee Electric (Photo courtesy: Pee Dee Electric)

Preparing to roll out before sunrise, (Photo courtesy: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative)

Crews prepare to head out for restoration work after pickup up poles and distribution system hardware from the Newport, North Carolina headquarters of Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative. (Photo By: Lisa Galizia/Carteret Craven EC)

Myra Beasley, human resources director of Tideland EMC (center), runs a YMCA camp kitchen to help feed workers restoring power in the co-op’s service territory. (Photo By: Tideland EMC)

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation sent 12 lineworkers along with three bucket trucks, two digger trucks and two pickup trucks to South River Electric Membership Corporation in Dunn, N.C. to assist with Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. (Photo Courtesy: Cumberland EMC)

Lineworkers from Tennessee's Chickasaw Electric Cooperative are assisting Pee Dee Electric crews in restoring power. (Photo courtesy: Chickasaw Electric Cooperative)

Southern Coals Kitchen in Fayetteville called in staff to prepare 400 lunch plates for South River EMC. (Photo courtesy: South River EMC)

Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative volunteers work on recovery with EnergyUnited in Statesville, NC. The crew says the rain is heavy but spirits are co-op strong. (Photo courtesy: Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative)

Surry-Yadkin EMC cooks are hard at work already this morning preparing breakfast for line crews before they head out. (Photo courtesy: Surry-Yadkin EMC)

Nine Duck River EMC lineworkers and seven trucks are aiding crews from Lumbee River EMC. (Photo courtesy: Duck River EMC)

Additional crews from Alabama, Virginia, and Tennessee arrive to assist Union Power Cooperative in restoration efforts. (Photo courtesy: Union Power Cooperative)

Eggs Up Grill in Conway delivers a grab-and-go lunch to Horry Electric crews, They had DEMCO from Mississippi and Beauregard crews from Louisiana with them, plus Davie Tree crews. (Photo courtesy: Horry Electric Cooperative)

Santee Electric Cooperative crews roll out before the sun rises. (Photo courtesy: Santee Electric Cooperative)

Crews reported for duty at 5:30 on September 16 at Tideland EMC's Pamlico County office. The co-op plans to have 120 people on the south side of the Pamlico River. (Photo courtesy: Tideland EMC)

Missouri linemen have arrived at Santee Electric Cooperative. They will be working in all four counties of Santee's service territory. (Photo courtesy: Santee Electric Cooperative)

Crews from Arkansas co-ops gather at Blue Ridge EMC's Pickens warehouse before going out in the field to restore power. (Photo courtesy: Blue Ridge EMC)

Materials handler Tim Ford and warehouse manager Pat Corbett cut wire as Hurricane Florence approaches at Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative in Newport, North Carolina. (Photo courtesy: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative)

Tri-County EMC workers prep for Hurricane Florence. (Photo courtesy: Tri-County EMC)

Florida's Clay Electric Cooperative sent 31 employees and the pictured "Marsh Master" to assist Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation. in North Carolina (Photo courtesy: Clay Electric Cooperative)

Pee Dee Electric Cooperative staff pack snacks for crew who will be in the field. (Photos courtesy: PEE DEE Electric Cooperative)

Caney Fork crews bound for Rockingham North Carolina to help restore power at Pee Dee EMC on September 14. (Photo courtesy: Caney Fork Electric Cooperative)

Asplundh tree crews stage themselves to provide assistance at North Carolina's Brunswick EMC. Note the Minnesota tags visible in this picture. (Photo courtesy: Brunswick EMC)

Contractor trucks staged at the Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative headquarters. (Photo courtesy: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative)

Lineworkers from Jones-Onslow EMC in Jacksonville, North Carolina, met on Sept. 12 to discuss power restoration efforts in preparation for Hurricane Florence. (Photo courtesy: Jones-Onslow EMC)

Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. sent 10 lineworkers to Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corp. in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to assist with Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. (Photo courtesy: Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corp.)

umberland Electric Membership Corporation sent 12 lineworkers along with three bucket trucks, two digger trucks and two pickup trucks to South River Electric Membership Corporation in Dunn, N.C. to assist with Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. (Photo courtesy: Cumberland EMC)

A Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. bucket truck on standby for the approaching storm. (Photo courtesy: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative)

Holston Electric Cooperative sent 9 lineworkers to Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation in Red Springs, NC to assist with Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. Photo courtesy: Holston Electric Cooperative)

Seven trucks loaded with equipment and 10 men left Tennessee's Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative headed to Four County Electric Membership Corp. in Burgaw, North Carolina, to assist with Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. (Photo courtesy: Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative)

As the sun was coming up Sept. 12, seven trucks loaded with equipment and 10 men left Tennessee's Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative headed to Four County Electric Membership Corp. in Burgaw, North Carolina, to assist with Hurricane Florence recovery efforts. (Photo courtesy: Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative)

Storm restoration kits prepped and ready to go at Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative. (Photo courtesy: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative)

Staffers from Rappahannock Electric Cooperative load crossarms and other equipment into trucks at a service center in preparation for Hurricane Florence restoration work. (Photo By: Rappahannock EC)