Electric Utility Operations

Hurricane Florence: Storm Social Media Snapshot

Sept. 14, 2018

As mutual assistance crews hit the road for the Carolinas, many companies tracked their progress on social media.

Not that long ago, when linemen were deployed out on storms, they didn't have smart phones or social media at their fingertips. While they could call their families when they arrived safely in the storm restoration zone, they didn't even have the option of sending texts, doing FaceTime with their children or sharing photos on social media.

Today, not only linemen, but also their companies, are sharing updates on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. That way, their customers can track the progression of the line crews as they travel from their home states to the affected areas. Last night, Edison Electric Institute shared a "social media snapshot," which shows a collection of these posts over the last few days. The graphic below is just one example of a recent social media update by Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the investor-owned utilities and companies providing mutual aid. Click here for more.

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About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the contributing editor for the Electric Utility Operations section of Transmission and Distribution World. She worked for Prism Business Media (now Penton) for eight years, most recently as the managing editor of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine. She is now working as a freelance writer and editor for B2B magazines. Amy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.She serves as the national vice president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She can be reached at [email protected].