Virginia Commonwealth University head basketball coach Shaka Smart answers questions during a news conference at the school in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Rams earned their way to this.
insulator out, and they re going to put a new insulate tore in. you will be glad to know the power is turned off. virginia dominion has been using helicopters for maintenance since the 1990s. they say a better view and faster and less expensive. these lines can go across rivers. they can go across bigger bodies of water. they can go across wetlands. the work we re doing here allows us to have easier access to the transmission lines. reporter: ron is the director of line operations. he has been up there and it is hard to hear. we use a lot of head signals and hand signals on the structure because the helicopter makes so much noise. reporter: they helped restore power after hurricane sandy. he says they re proud, focused and yes, they re hiring. bill: they re hiring. if you want a job. if you want to dangle from a helicopter. half very field aviation on the web. martha: watch the flying
i spoke to a single mother with a two-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy and, wheelchair bound and has to be fed with a feeding tube, operated electronically and she has no electricity and they said they cannot accommodate her here and gave her a hotel room for the night and her next 24 hours are certain but after that, it is untern and puts a face on the absolute urgent need another power crews to get the power restored. earlier today we heard from virginia dominion power about the prognostications about getting power up and running for everybody in the region. we are doing the downed wires and a lot of this emergency work, and we are doing things that have to be done, right now. so, when you see a pepco truck you may see it for an hour or two and it runs to another stop and we are like the pony express, doing the critical that has to be done. reporter: exacerbating the problem, is the fact that there is no preparation time for the storm, as you would have in a