Update: Only about 100 households and businesses in Mat-Su remained without power Thursday morning, according to Matanuska Electric Association
Workers move a piece of machinery before demolition work begins on a damaged roof and wall at the Airframes Alaska manufacturing facility on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 in Palmer. The facility, which employs about 80 people, was one of many damaged during the recent windstorm. . That’s down from 22,000 at the peak of a major outage linked to a powerful windstorm that left some homes without electricity since the weekend.
School staff availability is complicating reopenings, as well as a lack of bus drivers and attendants for First Student, the district’s major transportation provider, the districtWednesday afternoon. “For these reasons, the District is not offering remote learning. Options for making up school days later in the year are under consideration.”
The company makes bush wheels for planes, outdoor gear, and aviation parts shipped all over the world. It did $18 million in business last year and employs 100 Alaskans in Anchorage, Fairbanks and mostly Mat-Su. A section of roof lies on the ground after being torn from the Airframes Alaska manufacturing facility on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 in Palmer. The facility, which employs about 80 people, was one of many damaged during the recent windstorm.
Abundant reports circulated of neighbors helping neighbors, whether that meant clearing trees and shoveling drifted businesses and driveways or putting up families and friends who otherwise faced frigid homes. “I could fix it myself, but then I’m not sure insurance would reimburse me,” Hoadley said. “It’s a mess.”
“We will keep the Wasilla shelter open until the borough advises us it is no longer needed,” she said. Palmer is making water available after concerns surfaced about problems finding water in stores earlier this week, city manager John Moosey said. Anyone needing water can get up to two 5-gallon containers per person.
Wasilla acting director of public works Robert Walden works in a temporary office after his office flooded due to a frozen pipe, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 in Wasilla. Homeowners should immediately contact a local plumber if they are experiencing broken pipes, he said.
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