LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- SLEMCO sent about 50 crew members to help restore power in Houma after Hurricane Francine.

"If it would have happened here, they would have come here and help us out," Shad Babineaux, a SLEMCO line foreman said. "So, one hand washing the other."

SLEMCO sent crews to Houma to help restore power to SLECA customers. As of Wednesday afternoon, none of SLECA's customers had power.

"We're sending crews down to Houma to help the customers and SLECA get their power restored, just like SLECA would do for us if our customers would have been affected," Laurent said.

Sending crews with bucket trucks, track equipment, four-wheel drive equipment and digger derricks with over 1,500 miles of lines to assess, SLEMCO is unsure how long it will take to restore power.

SLEMCO said they will continue sending crews until the power is restored.

"We rotate our crews every ten days to make sure that they stay safe and get a chance to come home and rest," Laurent said. "If they still need workers after ten days, we'll send another group, and they'll work for ten days. Then, we'll switch them out again."

Back home, SLEMCO says their Acadiana customers experienced few power outages, with no damage left to repair.

"We had a tree that fell in the Erath area, and we did have some wind-related damage yesterday here and there, but nothing major," Mary Laurent, SLEMCO Communications Coordinator said. "And everybody was back on last night at midnight."

In a social media post on Thursday, SLECA said it has more than 1,500 miles of line that it maintains.

"To put that in perspective, it is the same distance from Houma, La. to Phoenix, Arizona," SLECA said in the post.

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