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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 14, 2007
No. 07-194
POWER REMAINS OUT TO 74,000; GENERATORS ONLY AVAILABLE TO CRITICAL
FACILITIES
Power remains out to more than 74,000 customers in Kansas. (Westar has
30,000 and Kansas Rural Electric Cooperatives has 41,000 while KCP&L
and BPU have restored power to most all customers). The State Emergency
Operations Center in Topeka is coordinating disaster response needs and
continues to get numerous requests for generators, but state officials
are emphasizing that the state does not have generators for individuals.
FEMA’s generators and the Kansas National Guard’s generators
are only available to critical needs facilities such as hospitals, shelters,
nursing homes, and water and sewer systems. The state does not have the
resources to deliver generators to individuals. Individuals needing a
generator must contact retail outlets to purchase one or should seek shelter
at a local shelter. (See shelter list below). At this time, the state
has not received approval for assistance to individuals affected by this
storm, however, as preliminary damage assessments are compiled, it is
possible this will change.
The Kansas National Guard is opening to of its armories to provide shelter
to power crews. The armories in Marysville and Manhattan have been opened
and have beds for approximately 50 workers at each location.
*Open Shelters (As Reported to State Emergency Operations Center):
- Atchison County: First Baptist Church, Atchison; Effingham Union Church,
Atchison; Lancaster City Hall, Lancaster
- Barton County: Life-Giving Center, 2100 Broadway in Great Bend; Claflin
Fire Department, 309 W Front Street
- Brown County: Everest Community Center, Everest; Horton City Hall,
Horton; Kickapoo Entertainment Center, Horton; Morrill Community Building,
Morrill
- Cherokee County: Baxter Springs Community Center; Central Junior High
School, Columbus; Galena Community Center, Galena; Friends Church, Riverton
- Clay County: Clay Center High School, Wakefield
- Coffey County: Baptist Church, 420 N. Maple, Lebo; Sunset Manor Nursing
Home, Waverly; Waverly Fire Station
- Dickinson County: Herington Community Building, Herington; Sterl Hall,
619 N Rogers, Abilene
- Doniphan County: Highland City Hall, Highland; Troy Community Building,
Troy
- Edwards County: Edwards County Health Department, Kinsley
- Ellsworth County: Methodist Church, Wilson
- Geary County: City Building, Milford; Spin City Skating Center, 915
S Washington (warming site only)
- Jackson County: Senior Citizens Center, Holton; Omega Family Clinic,
Holton; Prairie Band Pottawatomie Casino Hotel
- Jefferson County: Meridan Fire Station; Oskaloosa Eagles Lodge; McLouth
Fire Station; Living Water Church, Oskaloosa; Ozawkie City Hall; Valley
Falls Fire Station; St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Nortonville; Winchester
Community Building, Winchester
- Labette County: Senior Citizens Center, Chetopa
- Leavenworth County: Fire Station # 1, Leavenworth; Leavenworth County
Community Center; Lincoln County: Lincoln High School, Lincoln
- Lyon County: Flint Hills Church, Emporia
- Marshall County: St. Gregory’s School, Marysville; Blue Valley
Nursing Home, Blue Rapids
- McPherson County: McPherson American Red Cross 1023 S. Main, McPherson;
Soderstrom Elementary School, 227 N. Washington, Lindsborg; Trinity
Lutheran Church, 119 N Elm, McPherson
- Morris County: Council Grove County Courthouse
- Nemaha County: Seneca Community Building; East Ridge Care Home, Centralia;
American Legion, Wetmore; Sabetha City Hall
- Pawnee County: Larned Community Center, Larned
- Pottawatomie County: SRS Office, Onaga (Warming only); Onaga Senior
Center; Olsburg Fire Department (Warming only); American Legion, Olsburg;
Westmoreland Care Home; Wamego Senior Center (Warming only)
- Pratt County: Pratt County to the Cannonball Trail Red Cross at 114
N. Main, Pratt
- Reno County: Trinity United Methodist Church, Hutchinson; Horizons
Mental Health Center – Special Needs; Turon Community Building,
Turon; Salvation Army, 700 N Walnut, Hutchinson (Warming site only)
- Rice County: Celebration Center, Lyons
- Riley County: First United Methodist Church, Manhattan; Pottorf Hall
at CICO Park, Manhattan; Randolph City Hall – (warming site only);
Blue Valley High School – (warming site only); Riley County High
School – (warming site only); KSU Student Union, Manhattan –
(warming site only)
- Saline County: Webster Conference Center, I-70 and Ohio, Salina
- Shawnee County: Kansas Expocentre, 17th and Topeka Boulevard, Topeka
- Stafford County: First Christian Church, Stafford; IOOF Building,
Stafford
- Wabaunsee County: County Courthouse, Alma
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