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By around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, 2,800 homes remained without power
Emergency communications were knocked offline for a short time Wednesday evening after the Bradford County Public Safety Center took a direct lightning strike.
The hit came around 9:15 p.m., according to Planning and Public Safety Director Matt Williams, and damaged a piece of equipment that prevented the building from switching to back-up power. By around 10 p.m. they were able to bypass that piece of equipment and bring power back to the building. However, the county’s emergency communications were functional before then thanks to a backup system at Greater Valley EMS…
