The cracked distributor cap

The cracked distributor cap

The aroma of hot biscuits, ham, and gravy woke me up. I looked out the window and couldn’t see anything but a whole lot of dark. There wasn’t a clock where I slept, so I got up and went to the gravy. Aunt Beulah knew something about making biscuits and gravy, and even...
Working Together to Improve Large Project Ticket Requests

Working Together to Improve Large Project Ticket Requests

Alicia Bailey, Principal/Owner at Sain Associates, and Bram Fuller, District Manager at USIC, recently presented at the Alabama Damage Prevention Summit about their experience working together on large project ticket requests. During a recent Alabama Damage Prevention...
Getting Back Up After Getting Knocked Down

Getting Back Up After Getting Knocked Down

Recently we talked with Molly Smith, Damage Prevention Manager for Louisiana/Mississippi for CenterPoint Energy about lessons learned from a busy hurricane season. As Molly was just settling in her new role as Damage Prevention Manager for the two states in the grips...
Enforcement: What Alabama Has Needed for Years

Enforcement: What Alabama Has Needed for Years

By Wallace Jones Director, Gas Pipeline Safety Alabama Public Service Commission For the last several years, Alabama 811 and the Alabama Public Service Commission have met with representatives of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to...
Plant a Tree for Hope

Plant a Tree for Hope

By Almas Angeles, Keep Odessa Beautiful and Ketha Molina, Texas811/Damage Prevention Council of Texas In the midst of all the changes that the Permian Basin has encountered with Covid-19 and the decline in the oil and gas market, the folks in Odessa, Texas were in...