What the electricity workers achieved

After the power returned, a modest press release was issued. It ran as follows:

… To date we have issued, dispatched to sites and installed :

• Over 350 poles to replace broken ones
• 25,000m of overhead line conductor
• 50 pole mounted transformers
• 5000 sets of tee shirts, underwear, socks and personal hygiene kits delivered to our hard-pressed field staff
• 30 large generators – 17 in Arran and 13 in Kintyre
• Over 200 smaller generators
• Over 450 People working in the field

Over 450 people were working in the field, both day and night, in appalling weather conditions. We would like to thank every one of them.

The slide show below shows the snow conditions on Machrie Moor during and after the storm.