BIT CORRECT WE'LL SEE YOU FOR 800 THANKS 3 COVERAGE CONTINUES NOW WITH THE LATEST ON THE POWER OUTAGES >> THOUSANDS OF MEMPHIS LIGHT GAS AND WATER CUSTOMERS ALL ACROSS FUSS AREA HAVE LOST POWER DUE TO THE STORM OR SAY SIMON HAS BEEN TRACKING THIS STORY FOR US ALL DAY SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM SOUTH MEMPHIS HIS SHOW YOU KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME PEOPLE COULD BE IN THE DARK TONIGHT >> YEAH THAT'S RIGHT GREG WE ARE IS SOUTH MEMPHIS AFFILIATE NEWS HEAVY RAIN AND THOSE STRONG WAYS YES RIGHT NOW THAT COUNT IS AT 12,000 MLGW CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW BUT MLGW DOES TELL US THAT AFTER HOSPITALS AND DOWNED POWER LINES THAT THOSE CUSTOMERS WILL BE NEXT IN LINE FOR REPAIRS >> RAIN RAIN AND MORE RAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH LEAVING THOUSANDS IN THE DARK IN BARTLETT CREWS WORKING TO RESTORE POWER IS BARTLETT CITY SCHOOLS SAYS ELMORE PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS RELIED ON A GENERATOR TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON CAUSING THE SCHOOL TO SHUT DOWN FOR THE DAY AND PARENTS TO PICK UP BEFORE EARLY DISMISSAL WELL WASN'T SURPRISED BUT YOU KNOW I'M JUST KIND OF WAS THAT I'M NOT >> OTHER THINGS WITH THE WEATHER STILL HAD ANOTHER 4 HOURS TO GO SO WITHOUT ELECTRICITY I'D RATHER BE HOME IN SOUTH MISSES CREWS WORKING ON A CRACKED POWER LINE IN GW SAYS THESE ARE 7 OF 21 FULL-TIME CREWS ASSESSING DAMAGE AND MAKING REPAIRS THERE'S ALSO 10 CONTRACT CREWS AND MORE THAN 20 CREWS ON STANDBY WITH 130 TREE TRIMMING CREWS TO CLEAR DEBRIS I THINK WE'RE ABOUT AS WELL POSITIONED TO BE >> WITH A RESPONSE CREWS THAT WE TALKED TO IT AS UW PRESIDENT ALLEN EARLIER THIS WEEK WE ASKED HOW IN THOSE UW WAS PREPARING FOR FRANCINE AS BUSINESS IS SET TO GET A MONTH'S WORTH OF RAIN IN JUST 48 HOURS OF THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TREE TRIMMING WE'VE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES >> THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS WITH A VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THE SATURATED GROUNDS AND THE GUSTY WINDS >> THAT CAN'T PREVENT VERY LARGE TREES AND VERY LARGE LIMBS FROM EVENTUALLY COMING DOWN IT REALLY TRIM BACK 10 TO 15 F