Jefferson Parish officials have told its residents that it will take 21 days for 90-percent of Entergy customers in that parish to receive power. A major transmission tower that feeds electricity to Orleans and Jefferson Parishes was knocked into the river last night. Jefferson Parish councilman Scott Walker has been in contact with Entergy.
“This was something that did not sneak up on them and they were prepared for this. He said they prepared for a Catagory 4 storm in terms of their response and they were ready to go this morning and it’s going to be a process,” Walker said.
Walker said they have also been told the parish will be without water for five days. He says they are asking residents to be patient as basic services are restored.
“I can’t even begin to wrap my head around where you start with something like this if you’re Entergy or you’re anybody else who has to really take care of this entire parishes utilities because it’s a challenge ahead but they’ve done this before,” Walker said.
The Jefferson Parish coastal town of Grand Isle took the brunt of Hurricane Ida. Walker said before the gauge broke, wind speeds in excess of 130 miles per hour were recorded.
“We saw a reading of I think the highest was 130 something, a gust that Grand Ilse saw. We heard at one time there were seven feet of water over highway one. A lot of the camps there aren’t going to be there this morning,” Walker said.
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