Thousands Still Without Power Nearly 1 Week After Severe Storm

People across Green Country wrapped up a week of damage on Friday, and many are still without power.

PSO is reporting just under 30,000 customers with no electricity as of Friday around 6 p.m.

People can take their tree limbs to a temporary mulch site at East Latimer and North 89th East Avenue.

People can drop off their debris for free from 7 to 7 every day.

From Mohawk Park, to all across midtown, there's progress to the mess, but it's not over yet.

Tulsa Area Emergency Management said early estimates are that the storm caused about $100 million of damage, to both city and private property combined.

“This is basically the equivalent of the City of Tulsa being hit by a hurricane,” Tulsa Area Emergency Management Executive Director Joe Kralicek said earlier this week.

The storm is triggering memories for many, to the 2007 ice storm. But instead of dealing with tree limbs, it’s entire trees.

"It may very well end up being that the tonnage that gets hauled off from this storm is significantly more than the 2007 ice storm just because of the size of what's having to be hauled off,” Mayor GT Bynum said.

Heading into the weekend, Bynum said he is proud.

"To see what our city looked like on Sunday morning and the devastation that was there, a city shrouded in darkness and where we are today, with our streets passable, with so much of our power restored and with the long term recovery underway, it is remarkable to see the way people have gone about this and done this,” he said.

Tulsa Police want to remind people the flow of traffic will change with the weekend, and urges patience as many of the city’s intersections are still not back to normal.