Many Oklahomans without power another night

(Valliant-AP) -- The number of Oklahomans without electricity has decreased to about 77-thousand. <br><br>Crews spent all of today restoring power to southeastern Oklahoman. Many haven't had light

Sunday, December 31st 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Valliant-AP) -- The number of Oklahomans without electricity has decreased to about 77-thousand.

Crews spent all of today restoring power to southeastern Oklahoman. Many haven't had light or heat for five days.

More than 120-thousand people were without power after Christmas Day's ice storm.

One foreman says his crew has been working 18- to 20-hour days since the storm struck. Jerry Hunter says they have restored 50 or 60 massive utility poles that were knocked to the ground.

About 12-thousand customers of Public Service of Oklahoma were without power tonight. That's down from 41-thousand earlier in the week.

About 28-thousand OG-And-E customers in southern and eastern Oklahoma remained without power. That was down from 38-thousand yesterday.