So enough of the stories of things that didn’t go right after hurricane Katrina, here is a story of the little power company that could.
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After Katrina hit Here is the shape Mississippi Power was in:
Customers without power: 100%
Transmission and distribution facilities lost: 65%
Generating capacity available: 3%
Power lines: 1,000 miles down
Poles: 8,900 down
Transmission towers: 300 damaged
So what did they do? Management got out of the way and let people work. In 12 days power had been restored to every customer.
This should be a case study at business schools on crisis management.
This company rocks.