A representative from Duke Energy sent WXII a statement about the substation plans and how they decided to put it there. They said it is meant to continue electricity to fill the need for more power.
Friday is expected to be a cold and soggy day, but the same weather system producing heavy rainfall is also creating snow in far west Oklahoma and across portions of New Mexico and Colorado.
Drivers stranded by snow had to be rescued overnight Friday in New Mexico as a potentially historic winter storm had dumped more than 3 feet of snow on New Mexico and Colorado, with more to come.