By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com

According to the WE Energies website as of Saturday, July 29 at 11:00 p.m., percentage wise, the city of Whitewater is faring much better than many municipalities in getting its power restored from Friday night’s vicious storm. Early on Saturday morning it was reported that 1995 customers were without power in Whitewater. As of this writing only 246 customers are reported to be without power. This, of course, does not diminish the discomfort and loss of perishable food that these residents may be enduring. By contrast, Fort Atkinson started the day with 5252 customers in the dark. That number actually climbed at some points during the day and remains at 4505.

Shown below are the reported outages in a number of nearby communities. WE indicates that they anticipate that 95% of their customers will have power restored by Sunday night. They state, “All available We Energies crews, including specialized forestry workers and extra contract crews, will continue to work around the clock to make repairs and restore power to customers affected by these severe storms.”