Dewees Staff Electrifying Week

Intense Storm over Dewees yesterday.

 

 

At 1445 Hours lightning struck a large pine tree and traveled 

through the ground to a metal sewer valve 20 feet away.

 

Lightning instantaneously boiled the sewerage within the sewer main 

blowing 3 feet of the pipe apart.

Staff Randy,Terry,Robert and Ryan dig for the source of the problem.

1830 Hours Problem Solved : a new section of sewer main pipe was installed.

Thanks

All Dewees Staff

Excellent work in effecting this serious repair within 3.75 hours.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR HOMES FOR DAMAGE

Because of the ferocity of the storm there may be latent damage to your home's electrical components and utility systems.

Please monitor your sewer pump station over the next few weeks and let the Utility Company know if you notice anything out of the ordinary.

Condition of Roads

Unfortunately our roads are in a fair driving condition after the storm last night which dumped 4 inches of rain.We will not be able to improve them until next week or when they are dry enough for grading.

In preparation for road repairs the POA received three truckloads of shell sand today .

Another Electrical Event

Dewees Island Public Safety received a call of a power outage at a house last Thursday at 2150 hrs. caused by an electrical short under SCE&G's transformer.

The connecting wires burned with such force that the surrounding sand formed a glass ball( which Fire Chief Randy Snipes is holding)Richie McWethy a Dewees Fireman assisted SCE&G who used the POA's Lull to lift the transformer out of the way while they affected the repair .SCE&G left the island at 0245 hours.

Dewees Week in Review

 SAVING ON BARGE COSTS 

We needed an extra trash dumpster on the Island this morning so our  ingenious staff figured out a way to bring an empty dumpster to the island on the POA skiff.

We saved the small barge cost which we need to use when we are changing out full trash and recycling dumpsters  for empties. 

RIP-RAP RICE TRUNK

Lori ,Ryan and Robert installed rip-rap at the rice trunk wing wall yesterday to prevent erosion.This project was planned once we understood what the erosion patterns would be .

DEWEES PUBLIC SAFETY & OWNER PARTICIPATES IN RESCUE

Dewees owner Todd Hoover & Dewees fireman Richie participated in assisting the IOP Fire Department in rescuing an injured jet ski person last Friday.

Dewees Public Safety also had two other medical emergency evacuations this week. Monday a cut toe requiring 5 stitches and Tuesday a shellfish anaphylactic shock.

Dewees Roads

I know road conditions are of great concern  to all.

 Fortunately it looks like we have several days of good weather. We need at least three days of dry weather before grading conditions are best. We are starting a little early, but we are grading today and will continue to do so through the end of the week as necessary. 

 The staff and I  have strategized daily on ways of improving the  state of our roads during this rainy time.We have tried repeatedly to get them in good shape, but each time our work is ruined by the rains. We grade and soon after it rains before our work has a chance to compact, turning the roads to pot holes and mud.Be assured we will continue to work on the roads while conditions are favorable until they are the best  we can get them considering our resources. 

Kim

Mr.Kim Knight
General Manager

 

 

Dewees Island POA Inc. &
Dewees Utility Corporation
273 Old House Lane
Dewees Island, SC 29451-9408

 

843-568-3991
Toll Free & Fax: 800-693-4876
email: kknight@deweesislandpoa.org

Agenda - Dewees Island POA Meeting July 20 2013

Tropical Storm Chantal

Dear Members

We are currently monitoring tropical storm Chantal which may affect Dewees Island.
Please see the current forecast below.
I'm not expecting a substantial impact on Dewees at this time, but it is good to continuously monitor the progress of these storms National Hurricane Center  .
I will keep you informed if the storm has the potential to affect any Dewees Island POA or Utility services. 

All the Best ,

Kim

Mr.Kim Knight
General Manager

Dewees Island POA Inc. & Dewees Utility Corporation
273 Old House Lane
Dewees Island, SC 29451-9408

843-568-3991
email: kknight@deweesislandpoa.org