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Is your power out? Get the latest information here
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday September 10, 2008, 7:30 PM
• View power outage map released by Gov's Office of Homeland Security.
STATEWIDE
-- About 828,982 of Entergy's customers in Louisiana were without power at some point. As of 5:30 pm Tuesday, power had been restored to about 680,000, or 82 percent of those who had lost electricity.
-- Nearly 246,092 of Cleco's 273,000 customers went dark in the storm, including nearly 65,000 in St. Tammany. As of Wednesday evening, 138 Entergy customers in the parish remained without power. Service to all Cleco customers in St. Tammany has been restored.
-- Gustav knocked out all 14 of the transmission lines between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Outages may linger on for days, and in some extreme cases, weeks. Transmission lines are the thick wiring that connects substations and neighborhoods to original power sources.
-- About 41,877 are without power in East Baton Rouge Parish as of Wednesday evening. Entergy says that 90 percent of customers will have power by Sept. 17, and everyone will have electricity by Sept. 24. Baton Rouge accounts for half of Entergy's remaining power outages in Louisiana.
--If customers are still in the dark after power has been restored to their neighborhood, they should call Entergy at 1.800.9.OUTAGE. Customers can report problems to Cleco at 1.800.622.6537.
--Entergy has 14,000 repair workers on the ground, including 11,000 from other utilities in 25 states and Canada.
-- A parish-by-parish estimate for restoring power.
JEFFERSON
-- Entergy reached its goal of restoring power to 90 percent of its customers by Sunday. Restoration in non-coastal areas should be complete by Tuesday.
--As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, 1,469 customers remained without power. That's one percent of Entergy's customers in the parish, meaning that Entergy will come in ahead of its goal of restoring power to all areas of the parish by Sept. 15
ORLEANS
--As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, 77 customers, or less than 1 percent of Entergy's customers in the parish, remained without power.
--Entergy New Orleans opened three customer information centers: 3400 Canal St.; 4021 Behrman Hwy, Suite J. in Algiers; and in the Household of Faith at 9300 I-10 Service Road. Customers can find out restoration efforts by address, ask safety questions and pay bills.
ST. TAMMANY
-- All Cleco customers have power, but 138 Entergy customers in the parish still didn't have power at 7 p.m. Wednesday
ST. BERNARD
-- 100 percent of customers should have power by Sept. 15.
--As of 7 p.m.. Wednesday, 13 customers, or less than one percent of Entergy's customers in the parish, remained without power.
ST. CHARLES
-- 100 percent of customers should have power by Sept. 15.
--As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, 288 customers, or 1 percent of Entergy's customers in the parish, remained without power.
PLAQUEMINES
-- 100 percent of customers should have power by Sept. 15.
--As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, 3,146 customers, or 32 percent of Entergy's customers in the parish, remained without power. Last night only one quarter of customers were without power.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
-- 90 percent of customers were expected to have power by Monday and everyone is supposed to have power by Wednesday. Entergy is behind on its goals in this parish.
--As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, about 1,222 customers, or 6 percent of Entergy's customers in the parish, remained without power.
TERREBONNE
-- 90 percent of customers should have power by Sept. 26 and everyone should have power by Oct. 1.
--As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, 8,776 customers remained without power. About 3,000 people regained power on Wednesday.
LAFOURCHE
-- 90 percent of customers should have power by Sept. 24 and everyone should have power by Oct. 1.
--As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, 8,839 customers remained without power. About 7,000 customers got power on Wednesday.
get your info here?????
what info.....give us some info....we are left in the dark anyway
GIVE MORE AND BETTER INFO PEOPLE!!!!!
It makes me very angry to read of the complete screwup by Entergy LA. My children live in New Orleans, and 1/3 of their electric bill is fuel cost adjustment. Now we find out that entergy has 13 of its 14 transmitters from Baton Rouge out and so New Orleans will not have power for possibly weeks. It seem that the inmates are running the asylum. In their zeal to make money, they don't even bother to prepare the system so the energy is available. Can some other company do better?? Why is there no competition? Todays world is a very inadequate place indeed/
help where is the help my sister is in zachary ,La and has no power no gas she is gonna lose all her food ,she needs ice and gas. who can help her? My son is able to provide her a tank of gas and a 100 lbs of ice but he is in N.O. and is a police officer hopefully nagin will let her go to his place of business and get the things she need or somebody better get some dry ice up to zachary,la asap b4 all her food spoiled and she has nothing to eat.this is crazy where the hell is the red cross/fema come on people wake up and help your people
All of the management team of Entergy LA need to go! They are never ready, charge very high rates and for what? "Assessing" the problem? The problem is we have no power! Utilities need to be treated as essential services, such as police, firemen, etc. Entergy LA should stage people, trucks, materials and supplies in safe areas where they are needed, such that they could immediately respond to the needs of the people, not hours away. Next cut the limbs back out of these trees that take out the power. Next replace the rotten poles before the break off in the ground from being rotten, not from high wind!!!!
AGAIN, THERE IS NOTHING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE EAST!!!! WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH MAKING A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF THE EAST, I KNOW THAT WE ARE PART OF ORLEANS PARISH, BUT IF YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, AND EVEN ST. BERNARD PARISH, WHY IS NOTHING EVER SAID ABOUT THE EAST!!!!!!!
Why were your relatives not ready for the aftermath if they refused to leave. You can always leave and go to another place that has ice. Most of my people left, but the ones that did not are hard headed and suffering. You also do not want competition in electricity because the cost goes up. Look at Texas for an example. Power will get back-up, but you can not blame anyone for the delay. You should have been ready for a week and have a full tank of gas.
Hey ENTERGY: We don't need promises because we know you can't give them. BUT WE DESERVE INFORMATION, which we know you CAN give! Why not tell us specific areas of outages and just an estimate of how progress is going in those specific areas? Keeping us in the dark, literally and figuratively, makes us mad.
Nothing is said about the East becuase most residents don't consider the East part of the city. They should incorporate as a separate city. There is nothing there.
How can you say that Entergy "screwed-up" when a powerful storm just came along and knocked out the power? How can you blame Entergy for the effects of a storm? I don't get it.
Well, now that our Mayor has lifted all bans on getting back into the city, go ahead - forge on. Sit in your homes with no lights and rotten food. What's your rush? Enjoy your time off - make the best of it!! I know I am going to - manicure, pedicure - anyone?
Get your information here! What information?
What would be USEFUL would be a graphic map of the metro N.O. area showing exactly where there IS power and where there ISN'T. Then, we could all make INFORMED decisions about whether to come home and have some idea what we'll be facing when we do.
I just heard some talk that Entergy is dragging their feet b/c they are waiting on Ike... It might be a long time before we get our power turned back on...
How can you blame Entergy? What do you mean? New Orleans barely got the effects of the storm and Entergy is completely down with no plan to restore power. What happens if a storm actually hits the city?!
It astounds me how much people look and scrounge for something to b*tch about. Yes, we missed the strongest part of the storm. I guess since you can't be mad at the president or the Corps, you have to turn to Entergy to complain about. I guess you expect everything to always go perfectly. We had a hurricane. Magical rays of sunshine and rainbows with prancing unicorns aren't going to happen. When storms hit, even tropical storms, power goes out. Its a line suspended between two poles. Wind knocks it down. They need time to go in and repair them all. There are miles of lines and they have to check them all. Give them a break. We are safe. Be happy.
Hey all you losers who are complaining. Shut up. You were told not to come back yet. You were warned about the conditions here. If you would have a home genarator that runs your entire house (including AC , and comes on automatically) you could be sitting like me in my own home with AC watching TV writing on here.
MY GIRLFRIEND ON HER WAY BACK TO HARAHAN. DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF SHE WILL HAVE POWER? SHE LIVES BY ST. RITA CHURCH.
Just talked to someone who claims to have talked to energy official off record. they have no intentions of putting the high end tramission line back up until they know where ike is going
Uptown has power, it may have been lost for 12 hours at the most throughout the storm. I think Entergy is doing a great job. Thanks Entergy for restoring Uptown power!
WST power company you did a great job. We didnt lose power at all throuh out this whole storm. AAA+++ service
dallas... what areas of uptown for sure have power? would you happen to know if the audubon park/broadway area has power?
thanks
Any one know about Tulane and its power situation?
The kids want to come back and help!!
Can anyone tell me if Adams Street have power uptown? (between Willow and Jeannette)
Entergy Website: http:/ /www.entergy .com/
Kenner Info Wed:
http://www. kenner.la.us/images/pr090308.pdf
http://www. kenner.la.us/images/pr0902083.pdf
NW Kenner seems to be having some trouble.
My daughter's friend texted her that she has power at her house on Lake Villa Drive in Metairie. She lives north of West Esplanade.
Hope this helps somebody.
The wind probability maps on NWS indicate they think Ike will go up the coast. It's far enough out it could change.
If there is any evidence they are waiting to restore power, then Entergy needs to be substantially and financially punished for this decision. Not just the Entergy N.O. shell company they use to run their regulatory racket, but the parent company.
Westgate or parts of Westgate subdivision is without power. Calls to Entergy are useless - they insist that power is up - IT IS NOT. Unfortunately we seem to have no voice - no leadership, no representation. Jefferson's quality of life continues to fall and this storm's aftermath confirms that not all citizens are treated equally.
To all the Entergy comments and specifically the surchage comment I completley agree. I am sick of using $70.00 worth of electricity a month and paying for $140.00 worth. We need one or two more companies to come in and give them some compitition. They would be forced to lower their rates...and be nice to you on the phone. Cox as well, we have direct tv and dish network but if you want cable internet you are screwed. I haven't had a land line in years, use my cell, and I don't want one. Cox keeps raising ther prices whenever they feel. Entergy is horrible..I want a choice, I thought only communist's had to take what the government gave them. I thought this was a country of choice...
Does anyone know whether Bissonet Drive in Metairie (north of West Esplanade) has power yet?
All of Uptown does not have power. Several sections are dark, just drive down Milan St.
The Carrollton area has about 1/3 power up. I stayed through the storm and several stretches of streest have power. The light at Carrollton and Oak is working. Stretches of Fern, Zimple, Burthe, Hampson, and other area have power. BUT, having been here the whole time, I have not seen a single utility truck. Plenty of AT&T trucks. A few Cox trucks and that's it.
Anyone know if the end of West Esplanade past the hospital has power yet? Heard I had a tree on my townhouse.
Entergy led by Rod West, CEO, are crooks. Way to go Jindal for calling them on it! Still no Entergy trucks in the city, Orleans or Jefferson, until 2nd day post storm.
The scam is if you drag your feet and cry to the feds long enough, you get more money. No community commitment.
Just like Rod West illegally kept Charity closed post Katrina when he was Chairman of LSU board of supervisors, he is screwing the citizens of southeast LA again. He is a very bad person with no conscious. Shame on you.
Not sure where you guys are but all I see are utility trucks. But the problems with this storm are not in the city \ it's with the transmission lines between the city and the plants that generate the power. Now that that's been fixed, I'm guessing things will move faster. My parents just got home in Esplandae Ridge and they have power. So does my sister in law in Gentilly. Thanks to all those guys out there working even though half the people online don't care. Some of us live in reality and understand that when you have a hurricane you have power outages - that is just a fact of life. If the company wanted all of our money, seems like they would be working to get the lights on faster so they could bill more.
My mom in Old Metairie says the grid from East Jefferson Hospital going west is powered. Old Metairie still has no power.
I went and checked my house in the Carrolton area near the Universities today. Still no power. I did see some crews working on fallen trees etc. but otherwise, not a whole lot of activity.
I'm always amazed that whenever anyone comments negatively about anything on this forum, several other posters pop up to call them whiners and complainers.
Guess what? We're a country of whiners and complainers. In fact, if it weren't for whiners and complainers, we'd still be part of the British Empire. There are still lots of countries in this world where no one dares complain about anything. I'm glad I don't live in one of them.
For the record, I haven't complained at all about the electricity. I only wish I had a way to find out whether I'll have electricity when I get home. I guess the only way to know for sure is to drive there and find out.
How is it that Entergy can have St. Tammany up and running by Friday, but not Jefferson or the other surrounding parishes? I dont understand this logic. Doesnt Entergy have it together that they can assign different team members to different areas?
Governor Jindal needs to be more insistent with Entergy and demand timelines!
Does anybody know when Old Metairie(Colapissa Street near Pontiff Playground) will have power?? Many thanks for your reply.
We arrived back home at 4:30 pm on 9/3/08 (Wed). We live in Old Metairie on Orion Avenue and there is no power. We called Entergy at 5:00 pm and were told that we would get power on Monday. I would stay away if I could. It is HOT and HUMID!!!! It seems like many businesses and office buildings are getting power, but residential areas are scattered?
"Posted by liblady29 on 09/03/08 at 7:38PM
How is it that Entergy can have St. Tammany up and running by Friday, but not Jefferson or the other surrounding parishes? I dont understand this logic."
Um... how about the fact that there are half as many people, far fewer businesses, and perhaps much less damage in St. Tammany?
"Posted by zafara on 09/03/08 at 7:28PM
I'm always amazed that whenever anyone comments negatively about anything on this forum, several other posters pop up to call them whiners and complainers."
Complaints are are well and good when the people who write them seem to have taken a few minutes to think about the situation in question and perhaps even used a bit of decent, logical reasoning. That is often not the case on these NOLA.com forums, however.
trying to find out about power at my house. . . old metaire and at my mama's in Belle Chasse. Anyone with concrete info? I agree the Entergy and the state of LA sites are useless when it comes to showing the power outages, I don't need a map to tell me most of LA is experiencing a power outage, duh.
Where can we find out useful information about anything? I don't know if I have electricity to go home to or where to find assistance to stay for
"weeks" if in fact we need to be gone that long.HELP someone!!!!
I am here in city....everything is spotty. FQ has power, Marigney triangle does not, across elysian does. Lakeview does, midcity by city park does not, parts of uptown are good...lower garden not.
thats what i can tell so far
9WARDWHTBOY, all I know about Harahan is that the area around where David Drive hits the river has power. St. Rita's is a little farther out than I've heard about. Sorry I can't help more than that.
McCainis4me writes, "In America, we speak ENGLISH. In complete sentences."
In case you never learned this, "In complete sentences" is a fragment, not a complete sentence. Your lack of community spirit and charity is exceeded only by your shortsighted arrogance.
If you have nothing but contempt for the community and for people trying to share helpful information with one another, why would you take the time to comment on a community forum?
In America, we help our neighbors.
can anyone tell me if power is back on in 5800 block of tchoupitoulas? Please
I am in St. Charles Parish and got my electric back on around 9:30. The way I found out it was on was that I called my home phone and when my answering machine picked up, I knew. Most of the parish here is up & running.
JUST FOR THE SAKE OF FINALLY HAVING MY SAY,THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE COMMENT I HAVE SEEN.WE LIVED ON THE WESTBANK FOR 36 YRS. AND AFTER BEING GONE29 DAYS AFTER KATRINA AND RETURNING TO SPORADIC ELECTRICITY,I RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC BILL FOR $679.00.I KNOW THERE WAS NO ELECTRIC IN OUR ABSCENCE OR I WOULDN'T HAVE LOST A FREEZER FULL OF FOOD.JUST AS EVERYONE ELSE SUFFERED THE SAME SITUATIONS.THE ELECTRIC WASN'T ON LONG ENOUGH AT ONE TIME FOR THE METER TO REGISTER.EVERY HURRICANE SEASON PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE PREPARED OR THEY DON'T CARE,THEY'RE NOT LEAVING,WITH NO CONCERN TO HOW MUCH WORRY THE REST OF THEIR LOVED ONES ARE DOING BECAUSE THEY STAYED BEHIND.THEN WHEN YOU GET BACK AND PEOPLE CALL YOU A "WUSS" BECAUSE YOU HAD THE SENSE ENOUGH TO GET YOUR FMILY OUT OF HARMS WAY.I SAID IT THEN AND I'LL SAY IT NOW,ENTRGY AND COX ARE THE BIGGEST RACKET GOING.THEY NEED TO INVESTIGATE THEIR PRACTICES INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT WHO VISITED THE "D.C. MADAMS'" ESTABLISHMENT.
THE GYPSY GRANNY
the power may be out, but my spirit is not. New Orleans, i'm coming home, baybeh!!
Thanks for the vacation, Gustav! Hope you enjoyed your stay in louisiana, and we look forward to your brother IKE.
And who knows, Hurricane Josephine jonnie gonna come home too.
why.... because there are too many hateful people in my city, and i hope the hurricanes make you leave for good.
There is absolutely no truth to the rumor that Entergy is waiting to restore transmission lines because of Ike (or anything else). All crews are working to restore power and more than 180,000 customers have been restored. The restoration process is very complicated, dangerous work that requires careful coordination and planning. You can't simply stand a pole back up. I don't expect anyone to give Entergy a break, but stop for a minute and try to comprehend the enormous task ahead. In many areas around New Orleans, there was no significant damage -- and those areas either already have power or will very shortly. On the other hand, there are some areas -- and particularly down around Houma and in the Baton Rouge area -- where the damage is so severe that portions of the electric system essentially have to be rebuilt. If Entergy is estimating 3 to 4 weeks to completely rebuild portions of the electric system in those areas, does anyone have any legitimate basis for saying that it could be done sooner? Who is going to do the work faster than Entergy -- Jindal? FEMA?
to McCainis4me: yeah, we could move all that to BR and Houston if we moved the freakin' mississippi river too. and port fourchon and all the rigs and pipelines.
to janescience and bluemoer: you want competition? remember what happened with enron and the resulting dominoes in the entire energy market when texas deregulated? yeah, let's do that again. there are massive costs involved in keeping the entire grid operational that go far beyond lineman restoring power to your neighborhood. and don't you think if 13 of 14 transmission lines failed, that if there had been 30 lines, 29 of them would have failed?
uptown new orleans 500 block of Nashville had no power yesterday evening
Posted by mgear on 09/03/08 at 8:32PM
"Posted by liblady29 on 09/03/08 at 7:38PM
How is it that Entergy can have St. Tammany up and running by Friday, but not Jefferson or the other surrounding parishes? I dont understand this logic."
Um... how about the fact that there are half as many people, far fewer businesses, and perhaps much less damage in St. Tammany?
Entergy is not the electric provider in St Tammany. as listed in the orginal story - -- Nearly 218,000 of Cleco's 273,000 customers went dark, including nearly 65,000 in St. Tammany.
Notice that it is Cleco that provides power to that area.
We're THANKFUL you're OK -- prayers ARE answered. Give Entergy a break -- you endured a hurricane AND survived. We don't live in "hurricane territory" but in a civilized, populated area north of New York City. When the wind blows 30 mph -- we lose our power. When a squirrel climbs up a utility pole and sneezes -- we lose our power. When we have one crack of thunder -- we lose our power. Some times, we just lose our power -- and it often stays off for DAYS. Please, just be thankful for the things you DIDN'T lose -- like your lives and your homes. Help is on the way to assist Entergy from all over the US -- please be patient. We love y'all.
Judy and Mike in New York
Where are all these Entergy workers and trucks? Since the storm hit, I have saw 2 trucks drive through New Orleans. There are several articles stating more workers than Katrina have been placed in the field and other states sending crews. However, where did they go? I realize there is a "system" Entergy claims to use to restore the power, major lines, then other lines, and finally individual houses. However, I have not seen one truck actually doing work. They have to start somewhere.
McCainis4me: don't bother with these people. I lived in NOLA when Katrina hit and suffered a severe round of depression that forced me to leave after a year. The depression wasn't because of the storm (I'd lived my whole live somewhere on the gulf coast.) No, the depression was a direct result of the attitudes of the residents. You think they sound bad here? Man, you DO NOT want to live there and listen to it 24/7. Some of them will write on the forum that it is good that I am gone that they don't need people like me there. Unfortunately, people like me are EXACTLY what they need. The truth is they don't WANT anyone telling them the truth.
to all I live in St.Bernard parish and would like to know if anyone has lights we are still in Miss. We went throw katrina and Rita,and it took 4weeks for texas to get the lights on after rita,i hope it do'esnt take that long.
Maybe in the future when all diseases have been cured and we are all flying around in hover craft, maybe, just maybe we will have a more reliable transport for electricity that doesn't collaspe the first time a tree branch falls on it. For that matter I've seen a squirrel (r.i.p) knock out power to a neightborhood.
Then again maybe it does exist but then what would you do with all the bucket trucks?
There are certainly ways of transmitting power that will allow for a quicker response after storms. Maybe some of the relief funds could be funneled into implementing such methods into Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states.
Here's a thought, maybe the federal government could allow some of the billions of dollars the state generates from oil and gas drilling to remain in the state. If that money stayed in the state LA could afford the upgrades to its electrical grid, restore its wetlands, and a host of other improvements.
To all the outsiders whining about the emergency funds that are made available to people along the LA coast, please quiet yourselves. LA (yes, that includes New Orleans) contributes more than its fair share to the US economy and that pool of tax money where those emergency funds come from. LA is the number 1 producer of domestic oil, 25%. Texas 20%. Alaska 20%.
biggdaddy95: your last post made an awful lot ot sense. I, too, would like to see LA invest more money into it's infrastructure (no matter where that money comes from.) I believe that would alleviate a lot of the problems you folks face.
Stonebridge neighborhood and neighbor's along Wall Blvd. and Lower Manhattan has NO POWER!! ENTERGY SUCKS!
Stonebridge neighborhood and neighbor's along Wall Blvd. and Lower Manhattan has NO POWER!
You whiners are ridiculous! We could just as easily be stranded away from our homes for months as we were after Katrina. Chill out! We dodged a bullet!
To hart4all (AKA heartless)...You are the LAST thing New Orleans needs. They don't need another egotist who thinks he knows it all.
Transmission lines between Baton Rouge and New Orleans DOWN for those here that are Complaining. Do you know what kind of Lines they are talking about. I do even if the your lines from your house to the substation is OK and a lot of them are OK they just need a line breaker reset. But if they don't have the Transmission lines fixed you will not have power that is why you don't see crew in your street first they have to get the power to the substation so they can send you power. Most of ENTERGY crew are busy fixing Transmission lines so they can send power to substation. Once they get power to substation then they will work on the local grid until then they leave the line breaker trip so you will not get surges that come when they fix the Transmission lines and burn out all your electronic. On by the way if you what to help your self don't have those high end electronic plug in when the power first comes on some time spikes in the line can cause damage.
Transmission lines between Baton Rouge and New Orleans DOWN for those here that are Complaining. Do you know what kind of Lines they are talking about. I do even if the your lines from your house to the substations are OK and a lot of them are OK they just need a line breakers reset. But if they don't have the Transmission lines fixed you will not have power that is why you don't see crews in your street first they have to get the power to the substation so they can send you power. Most of ENTERGY crews are busy fixing Transmission lines so they can send power to substation. Once they get power to substations then they will work on the local grid until then they leave the line breakers triped so you will not get surges that come when they fix the Transmission lines and burn out all your electronic. On by the way if you what to help your self don't have those high end electronic plug in when the power first comes on some time spikes in the line can cause damage.
Have you read about Leonard Wayne, Chairman & CEO of ENTERGY SELLING more then half of his stock in ENTERGY on August 29, 2008, just before GUSTAV hit...check out the ENTERGY Investors Relations site: http://investor.shareholder.com/entergy/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1209191-08-49781
He lives off the misery of his customers
BAGLADY...sorry but thats why the officals said EVACUATE! and the comment about the east...i read on here that all of the power was restored in the east...I didn't hear about Gentilly though...anyone?
well i know if all the rich wards don't have power i know the so called poor section i live in don't have none (lower-9)
I know that the last thing on people's mind is having a call to donate blood or platelets but lets remember as more and more people come back to the New Orleans area there is going to be a greater need for blood and platelets. So if at all possible take time out to donate if called upon. Remember the life that is saved tomorrow might be yours, a loved one or a friend.
Semper Fi and OHRAHH to all the brave men and women who are out there protecting us.
Where can you buy a generator and how much does it cost that will run a 3 1/2 ton central a/c and the lights, freezer, & fridge? The ones sold at Home Depot or Lowes ain't that big.
For Inspector77 RE generators. You can order online from Southwest Trading -- use Google to get website address because nola.com will not post anything that contains an email or web address. SWT says they have generators in stock, ready to ship. Use their chart to calculate the watts you need before ordering -- be sure to include the surge for each appliance. The size you need will not be cheap, but worth the investment. We have a Pramac somewhere in the 10,000+ watts -- runs the entire house including oil burner, pump for the well, lights, and all appliances (except clothes dryer) and keeps the house warm in the dead of winter. We don't worry about a/c -- we're in blizzard country -- our a/c is opening the windows. We got ours after we were without power for almost a month from an ice storm. Even if you get your power back before the generator arrives, it's worth the peace of mind. Unfortunately, you WILL have another hurricane, just like we'll have another blizzard and another catastrophic ice storm. Good luck and prayers to you from the northeast.
Here is some info for you!
I was on Highway 90 on my way home to check on my house, which still does not have power (and I work for Entergy) Much of the area along Highway 90 from Walmart to Barton has power. I noticed several Restaurants open for business as well as gas stations, Winn Dixie in Destrahan was open today as well as Majoria's, Walmart in Boutte is scheduled to open tomorrow. I passed fleets of Tree Service trucks and saw many Entergy trucks currently working on getting the power back on. Let's all be thankful the storm didn't affect us as bad as it could have. After Katrina we luckily has Houma to go to for restoring our home. It looks like they will be relying on us this time.
We live clear across the country and our son is a freshman at UNO. Does anyone know if the power is on at the campus, and was there any damage there?
Welcome back everybody!!
This would now be an excellent time to research:
HAARP - High Frequency Active Auroral Research
A US government project based in Northern Alaska. Their purpose is weather modification.
CHEMTRAILS - Started as a government project called Operation Clover Leaf in the 90's to spray the skies with a highly toxic aerosol.
FEMA CAMPS - The US government's dirty little secret about the internment camps all around our country for "non-American" types.
NORTH AMERICAN UNION - NAFTA on steroids. The combining of Mexico, Canada & the USA. Bye! bye! Amercian sovergnty!
Entergy needs some competition. Very few other businesses can monopolize a catagory. Entergy has almost always posted large profits and returns to its shareholders. Entergy needs to do the job they are getting paid to do. You'd think after all their moaning and groaning from Katrina and the large amounts they were given by the Feds they'd have a hurricane plan that could at least withstand a cat 2 storm that wasn't a direct hit. The Feds gave me nothing after neither storm, yet I planned and implemented a storm plan to protect my family, property and possessions...and spent my own money doing it! Our elected officials at every level of power need to hold Entergy accountable. One would think a Fortune 500 company would know better and act in the best interest of the people they serve. It won't be long before we hear Entergy begging for more money to do something they should already be obligated to do....protect themselves and their interests, while I am forced to spend my own. And when my outrageously high Entergy bill arrives this month, I bet they will still want payment in full and on time.
Elected Officals: PLEASE stand up for us and hold Entergy accountable!
Entergy needs some competition. Very few other businesses can monopolize a catagory. Entergy has almost always posted large profits and returns to its shareholders. Entergy needs to do the job they are getting paid to do. You'd think after all their moaning and groaning from Katrina and the large amounts they were given by the Feds they'd have a hurricane plan that could at least withstand a cat 2 storm that wasn't a direct hit. The Feds gave me nothing after neither storm, yet I planned and implemented a storm plan to protect my family, property and possessions...and spent my own money doing it! Our elected officials at every level of power need to hold Entergy accountable. One would think a Fortune 500 company would know better and act in the best interest of the people they serve. It won't be long before we hear Entergy begging for more money to do something they should already be obligated to do....protect themselves and their interests, while I am forced to spend my own. And when my outrageously high Entergy bill arrives this month, I bet they will still want payment in full and on time.
Elected Officals: PLEASE stand up for us and hold Entergy accountable!
Entergy needs some competition. Very few other businesses can monopolize a catagory. Entergy has almost always posted large profits and returns to its shareholders. Entergy needs to do the job they are getting paid to do. You'd think after all their moaning and groaning from Katrina and the large amounts they were given by the Feds they'd have a hurricane plan that could at least withstand a cat 2 storm that wasn't a direct hit. The Feds gave me nothing after neither storm, yet I planned and implemented a storm plan to protect my family, property and possessions...and spent my own money doing it! Our elected officials at every level of power need to hold Entergy accountable. One would think a Fortune 500 company would know better and act in the best interest of the people they serve. It won't be long before we hear Entergy begging for more money to do something they should already be obligated to do....protect themselves and their interests, while I am forced to spend my own. And when my outrageously high Entergy bill arrives this month, I bet they will still want payment in full and on time.
Elected Officals: PLEASE stand up for us and hold Entergy accountable!
Here is a crazy, crazy idea: Take care of yourself and qui looking for a handout.
Posted by notenuf2care on 09/03/08 at 7:44AM
AGAIN, THERE IS NOTHING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE EAST!!!! WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH MAKING A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF THE EAST, I KNOW THAT WE ARE PART OF ORLEANS PARISH, BUT IF YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, AND EVEN ST. BERNARD PARISH, WHY IS NOTHING EVER SAID ABOUT THE EAST!!!!!!!
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I think they consider the East to be Orleans. BTW I would say 97% of the East has electric.
Posted by murrayandwil on 09/05/08 at 2:37AM
We live clear across the country and our son is a freshman at UNO. Does anyone know if the power is on at the campus, and was there any damage there?
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I know you are worried. I passed around there and UNO did not seem to have any damage. ONly tree branches on the ground.
I AM SO FRUSTRATED WITH ENTERGY ALSO, I LIVE IN AVONDALE AND WE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.IT IS NOT SO MUCH THE POWER LOSS, BUT THEY WILL NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE PROGRESS. AT LEAST GIVE US AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN WE WILL HAVE ELECTRICITY! AS MUCH AS WE PAY FOR OUR LIGHT BILLS, WE DESERVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN WE WILL HAVE SERVICE AT THE LEAST.
Bobby sed he got some stuff bout to happen starting this afternoon! Man, let's check it out.
I work at UNO and just received word that the power has been restored there.
I live in Gentilly, about a mile from UNO, but have no word on whether I have power or not. I would appreciate any info anyone has on this!
another observation by Redfish
If oil is trading for 103.00 @ a barrel down from 147.00 a barrel.
Why are we still paying 3.50 a gallon?
Oh yeah the oil companies are ripping us off.
Lets fight back buy a horse and buggy
redfisher504,
In some places. gas is still $ 375.00 per gallon. Everyone is outraged with the Republicans over gas prices, aren't we? We all know that the failure to pursue for decades alternative sources of energy is behind the problems that we are experiencing, right? Everyone is going to vote for a change in November, right? Nobody is fooled by the fact that the Republicans are proposing more offshore drilling at the same time that oil companies have leased oil tracts that they don't even use for exploration activity, right?
LOL.
Well, in all fairness, when we came down I-55 yesterday afternoon, we passed convoy after convoy of utility trucks. I wish I could remember the name on the trucks (it wasn't Entergy) but they were basket lift trucks and trucks with big drills, along with other types I couldn't identify. By their license plates, they were coming down here from Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts to deal with the electricity problem. I estimate we passed at least 50 trucks, probably more. That's a lot of trucks just that we saw, and those guys are coming from a long way away.
Hi All,
Hear from my sister and BIL yesterday. Tjey made it back just fine (little traffic) and guess what? They live on the Westbank (Bestbank?) and have power. Sis says the ice in the freezer was a little rounded at the edges. So yes, they lost power for a while.
At any rate, both went back to work. My BIL has an outdoor job, so he does not know what he will find. We shall see.
Now we all wait for Ike ...
to all you idiots who came back when nagin said not to...
dont complain about not having power. also getting the power grid fixed doesnt happen over night. if you think you can do better, get a job with entergy or cleco and get it fixed yourself.
NOLA ie Times Picayune. You Suck! Baton Rouge Advocate is a lot better newspaper. I guess in the world of TP and NOLA Tangipahoa doesn't exist.
Thanks for nothing.
I don't have power right now either-but I'm not blaming anyone but mother nature