Submitted photo
Elkins Kroger employees serve hot breakfast Sunday for donations to the Children’s Miracle Network. Store Manager Keith Brown said the event helped in two ways. Kroger fed community members without power who could not cook during the outage. People also could donate to the charity in what Brown called a ‘win-win situation.’
The Inter-Mountain photo by Melissa Toothman
A relative works to clear debris from a tree that fell on a home and camper belonging to Jack Lewis Friday on Brushy Fork Road in Buckhannon.
The Inter-Mountain photo
by Linda Howell Skidmore
A sign outside Walgreens in Elkins on Saturday morning lists guidelines for customers. Despite the lack of electricity, the store was among a few businesses that were open to serve people in need of necessary items.
The Inter-Mountain photo by Linda Howell Skidmore
Dozens of drivers wait in line to fill their gas tanks
Saturday evening at GoMart in Elkins. Once power was
restored in late
afternoon, motorists flocked to the business. At times, the lines to enter the parking lot extended toward Fifth Street and the All Veterans Monument on Railroad Avenue.
The Inter-Mountain photos by Melissa Toothman
Residents line up along U.S. 33 between Elkins and Buckhannon to get gasoline at 7-Eleven. Many area convinence stores had enough power to sell items but not to pump gas. Once electric service was restored, drivers converged on pumps.
