JEA crews deploy to Alabama to help restore power after Hurricane Isaias

JEA electric crews deployed Saturday morning to support power restoration efforts in Alabama in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias.Six electric line distribution crews, which include 40 JEW crew members, headed toward the damaged areas, where hundreds of thousands were without power early Saturday.“They will convoy there and get to support that local public power utility in their need, in the need of that community,” said JEA spokesperson Myers Vasquez. “This is the beauty of public power. In times of need for local communities or other communities, they can request mutual aid... to be able to get that power back as quickly as possible for that community.”LIVE RADAR: Isaias made landfall last night, and impacts continue for Northeast Florida, Southeast GeorgiaIsaias made landfall Friday night around 8:30 p.m. on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a strong Category 2 storm. It weakened into a post-tropical cyclone by early Saturday, but the National Hurricane Center says the risk of flash flooding