Quitman, TX, August 29, 2005 - Six employees of Wood County Electric Cooperative
are Gulf Coast-bound to help rebuild power lines downed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina,
a Category 4 hurricane that struck the coast of Louisiana and Mississippi early Monday.
The six volunteers, pictured below left to right, include Craig Kizer, Daniel Miller, Buster
Hood, Kody Keith, Wesley Price and kneeling Donny Brown. The crew left Tuesday, August
30 to drive to Houma, Louisiana and meet up with other crews to receive instructions and begin
their restoration and repair work.
“We send personnel after such devastation simply because that is the ‘cooperative way,’
and we want to do all we can to help our neighbors,” said Debbie Robinson, WCEC
CEO/General Manager.“These six men are highly trained in electrical construction
work and will work long hours to rebuild and restore power to the areas affected by
Hurricane Katrina.”