SWEPCO Feeds Communities as Winter Storm Fern Winds Down

Doctors share information on cold-related health issues after winter storm

While Winter Storm Fern has moved beyond the Local 6 region, communities are still contending with the frigid temperatures left in its wake.

SWEPCO Feeds Communities as Winter Storm Fern Winds Down

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana – SWEPCO crews swarmed into southern Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas as Winter Storm Fern hit, setting up base camps to feed and house thousands of line and forestry workers in Texarkana, Longview, Shreveport and Natchitoches over the weekend. Crews fixed hundreds of miles of line, restoring power along the way, bringing outages down from 70,000 across the service area at the peak of the storm to less than 2,000 by noon Thurs…