How long? Power is restored as quickly as possible

Jason Cook and Travis Sisson work to clear brush and trees to reach the power pole needing cable run to it.

Heavy undergrowth in the Tri-State EMC right-of-way off Blue Ridge Drive slowed employees working to restore power Sunday evening. The brush had to be removed to clear a path to hang new cable.

Someone is always looking up for safety when power is restored. Here, front to back, Sterling Callihan, Nic Fowler, Wesley Jones, Travis Sisson, and Darrin Queen work off Blue Ridge Drive in McCaysville.

Wesley Jones, from left, Rodney Patterson and Sterling Callihan finish clearing a path between two power poles Sunday. One was on the side of Blue Ridge drive, but the other was deep behind a wall of brush and small trees, and up the hill.

Wesley Jones, in bucket, passes a chain saw to Travis Sisson after a tree is cut away from the Pick Quick convenience store in McCaysville.

Travis Sisson cuts part of a tree away from the Pick Quick market in McCaysville so power can be restored to the business.

Travis Sisson prepares to make the final repairs to a power pole so electricity can be restored to the Pick Quick convenience store in McCaysville. Tri-State employees spent a little over an hour with Blue Ridge Drive shut down Sunday night as they worked in the area of the store and a vacant lot across the street. A line had broken, the power from it burning a visible pattern in the sidewalk.