Raleigh residents use generators to pump out flood waters
CREWS HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN
RESTORING POWER ACROSS THE
STATE.
BUT THE LAST UPDATE SHOWS
92,000 CUSTOMERS STILL IN THE
DARK.
HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
UP A GERALD OWENS.
>> I'M DEBORAH MORGAN.
LOYAL IS WITH OUR STORM RELIEF
PHONE BANK AND WILL JOIN US IN
JUST A MOMENT.
KATHRYN BROWN JOINS US LIVE ON
KING CHARLES ROAD NOW WITH THE
LATEST ON THE POWER OUTAGES.
KATHRYN?
>> Reporter: WELL, I HAVE SOME
GOOD NEWS.
THE NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES
HERE SPECIFICALLY IN WAKE
COUNTY HAS BEEN GOING DOWN
STEADILY THROUGH CROWD THE DAY
A ANOON, THERE WERE ABOUT 5200
OUTAGES.
I JUST CHECK AD MOMENT AGO AND
THAT NUMBER DOWN TO 1200
OUTAGES.
A LOT OF THESE POWER LINES THAT
ARE STILL INVOLVED ARE STUCK
UNDER THESE HUGE TREES AND
POWER OFFICIALS TELL ME THAT IS
THE SINGLE GREATEST CHALLENGE
FACING THEIR CREWS RIGHT NOW.
>> WE PUMPED OUT ABOUT 600
GALLONS OF WATER.
I HAVE ANEVER SEEN SO MUCH
WATER.
>> Reporter: LISA BURR NET IS
STILL CATCHING HER BREATH AFTER
RACING FLOOD WATERS TO SAVE HER
BASEMENT I DON'T YOU PUT
EVERYTHING UP OFF THE FLOOR AS
HIGH AS CAN YOU GET IT.
AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS SIT BACK
AND GO OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T
BELIEVE THIS, I CAN'T BELIEVE
THIS.
AND YOU ARE PANICKING.
>> Reporter: THIS TREE IN THE
FRONT YARD TOOK DOWN THAT YOU
ARE POWER DURING THE HEIGHT OF
THE STORM A GENERATOR SUPPLIED
ENOUGH POWER TO PUMP OUT THE
WATER THAT KEPT FLOODING IN.
>> IT WAS SO MUCH PRESSURE!
IT CAME OUT -- SO THE CRACKS IN
THE COP CRETE.
IT STARTED SEEPING UP, ALL THAT
WATER.
IT WAS AMAZING.
AND THAN BACK HERE, I STAYED
FOR TWO DAYS PUMPING NOTHING
BUT WATER.
>> Reporter: FIVE DAYS LATER,
THE BASEMENT IS DRY BUT DAMAGED
BY MILDEW.
CLEAN-UP BILLS ARE PILING UP.
THE POWER IS BACK ON.
THE CABLE AND INTERNET,
HOWEVER, STILL OUT.
ON THE FRONT PORCH, BAGS OF
DESTROYED CLOTHE AND OFFICE
EQUIPMENT SIT REMINDERS THERE
IS STILL MUCH TO DO.
STILL, BURNETT IS SMILING
HAVING BEATEN THE FLOOD WITH A
DEFIANT END.
>> THE ONE THING THAT MAKE YOU
HAPPY IS WHEN YOU CAN COME DOWN
IN THE MORNING AND YOU SEE
WATER OVER HERE BUT THE LIKE
SUNSHINE.
IT IS ALL TROY OVER HERE.
YOU KNOW YOU'VE WON.
>> Reporter: THAT IS A GREAT
OUTLOOK, ISN'T IT?
YOU KNOW THIS FOALING WHEN YOU
GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT
FIGHT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT HAS NOT
HAPPENED.
FOR SOME, IT HAS.
1200 POWER OUTAGES REMAINING
HERE IN WAKE COUNTY.
POWER CREWS HOPING TO GET POWER
UP AND RUNNING TO EVERYONE BY
THIS WEEKEND.
AT THE RATE THEY ARE GOING
TODAY, IT COULD BE A LITTLE
SOONER THAN THAT BUT THEY ARE
STILL HOLDING STRONG AND STEADY
WITH THAT DATE SATURDAY AS THE
FINAL DATE WHERE THEY ARE
HOPING TO GET EVERYONE
RESTORED.
>> YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE HER