Swift professional help after power outage

Editor:

During the high winds we had on Tuesday, a tree limb in our neighbor's yard fell onto the power line going to our house and pulled the junction box off the side of our house.

We found out we were without power about 4:15 p.m., and we called NorthWestern Energy right away. Within half an hour, an electrician from NWE responded ,and we found out he had to completely cut the electricity to our house, and we would need to find and hire an electrician to repair the junction box and wiring before he could reconnect our power.

We called Schine Electric, and they said they would get someone over as soon as possible but they were currently all on other jobs. Within half an hour of that phone call, we had an electrician from Schine arrive and begin working on the problem.

In the next hour, we had a total of four Schine Electric electricians and one NorthWestern Energy electrician outside our house working on getting our power restored. They were working in a pretty small area with high winds, rain and the sun going down. By 7: p.m. we had our power restored and lights back on in our house. I just want to say thank you for the very quick response and working in the nasty weather to get our power restored. You all did a great job!

Bill and Shelli Fisk

Havre