It’s taken a lot of work, but PSO says almost everyone’s power will be back on by 11 p.m.
"We, at last count, had approximately 125 poles in that one concentrated area in the 41st Street corridor that all had to be replaced, so that's just an indicator of how much damage there was right in that one area," said PSO spokesman Stan Whiteford.
At one point, more than 14,000 PSO customers in the Tulsa area were without power after Sunday’s tornado. The utility originally set a goal of restoring power completely by Tuesday afternoon. Whiteford said it takes a lot of boots on the ground to make that happen.
"We've had a force of about 450 workers out in the field ... primarily PSO, but also some contractors from Texas and Missouri," Whiteford said. "So, that's worked out well to our advantage. We were able to assemble that pretty quickly."
Most of the remaining outages early Monday afternoon were in an area bordered by Harvard Avenue to the west, Memorial Drive to the east, and 28th and 46th streets to the north and south.
