Responding to Rita

Quitman, TX - Just two weeks after Wood County Electric Cooperative crews returned home from

Louisiana where they helped to re-build after Hurricane Katrina ravished the Gulf Coast, they are now

responding to Rita. Two construction crews are headed to Shelbyville, Texas, located seven

miles southeast of Center, where they will be helping Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative

(DETEC) restore power for the many homes and businesses that were damaged when Hurricane

Rita made landfall. DETEC is adistribution cooperative headquartered in St. Augustine, Texas,

that serves approximately 37,000 meters in eight counties.

Pictured below are (left to right) Ramon Steward, Craig Kizer, Jason Cobb, Wesley Price,

Rick Kvapil, Bradly Martin, (front row) Kody Keith, Brandon Lankford, Buster Hood and Daniel Miller.

The crews left Tuesday morning, September 27th, for Shelbyville where they will receive instructions

and begin restoration and repair work.