Tennessee families go hours without power in sub-freezing temps

ANTIOCH, Tenn. (WSMV) – Kim Freeman, her husband and 3-year-old son have been at nighttime for greater than seven hours after shedding energy Friday morning as a result of winter storm.

“He received to open somewhat tiny current early as a result of it was a tough day,” Freeman mentioned of her son. “I used to be supposed to scrub my home and bake cookies for Santa at this time, and I can’t do these issues.”

Each candle of their Antioch dwelling was lit, they usually wore a number of layers of clothes.

“Attempting to maintain him heat is the largest fear,” Freeman mentioned. “He doesn’t need to keep nonetheless below the blanket like I do.”

Whereas Freeman mentioned they’d a good friend’s heat dwelling to go to, Richard Kirby-Quarantello isn’t as fortunate.

“Our solely household that would home us is in Nolensville, they usually don’t have energy both,” Kirby-Quarantello mentioned.

Kirby-Quarantello lives within the Cane Ridge space. Friday afternoon, Nashville Electrical Service mentioned they anticipated to revive energy there by 4:30 p.m. That didn’t occur.

“We’re understandably upset,” Kirby-Quarantello mentioned. “We’re imagined to host Christmas Eve for 20 individuals tomorrow, so hopefully we are able to do this.”

Nashville Electrical Service informed WSMV 4 whereas crews are working across the clock, not everybody will get energy again on by the tip of the day.

“We all the time encourage individuals to have an emergency equipment to have the ability to handle,” Jack Baxter with NES mentioned. “You may all the time contact the OEM if you happen to want some type of particular help.”

The Freeman household mentioned regardless of the facility being out, they’re grateful for one another.

“A vacation is a vacation,” Freeman mentioned. “Well being and security come first. Christmas doesn’t need to be good. We simply need to be collectively.”

The Freemans and Kirby-Quarantello mentioned they each later received energy again on Friday night time. NES mentioned as of 10 p.m. Friday, fewer than 7,000 individuals remained with out energy. That’s a drop from the 72,000 that have been at nighttime in the course of the storm’s peak.

About 16 NES crews will proceed to work by the night time to revive energy.

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