Letter to the Editor: Poor communication from MLGW
Ice coated power lines near Downtown during the ice storm last February. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian file)
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“I have not forgotten last February’s ice storm where many of us were without power, including me for 8 days,” says letter writer Karen Morrison.
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