Power restored for customers in Harahan after blown breaker
Entergy New Orleans restoring power for customers in Harahan
FEW MINUTES. WELL, RIGHT NOW, AN ENERGY BREAKER TRIPPED AND IT BURNED AND IT KNOCKED OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS OF JEFFERSON PARISH ENTERGY CUSTOMERS. WELL, THIS HAPPENED IN THE ELMWOOD HARAHAN AREA. POWER IS SLOWLY COMING BACK ON. WDSU REPORTER AUBRY KILLION LIVE IN STORM CONTROL TONIGHT DUE TO THE LIGHTNING. AUBREY, TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THERE. HEY THERE. GINA. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER LOOK AT REALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. WHERE WE’RE AT. IT ALL GOT STARTED AT THIS SUBSTATION RIGHT HERE IN HARAHAN. A BREAKER WAS BLOWN AND BURNT OUT. IT’S UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED ALL THIS, BUT THE MAYOR, HE WAS OUT AND ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE WHILE THEY WERE ALL IN THE DARK. WE HEARD AT FIRST THERE WAS A FIRE, BUT I CAN’T CONFIRM THAT. I DIDN’T SEE IT WITH MY OWN EYES. WHEN THINGS HAPPEN LIKE THIS, WE KIND OF HAVE THIS. WE IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE STREETS. WHAT WAS IT LIKE, SIR, GOING THROUGH THIS? I MEAN, THIS WAS KIND OF A BIT NERVE WRACKING. YEAH, A BIT. YOU KNOW, THE HARAHAN MAYOR CAME TO YOUR HOUSE DURING THIS WILD EVENT. KIND OF SURPRISED, BUT NOT REALLY. YOU KNOW, I’VE TALKED TO TIM SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WE’VE GOT A PROBLEM. IN FACT, I GOT ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE YOU GO. AND WHAT DID YOU THINK? YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD? WELL, I FIGURED IT’D BE OUT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW. WHAT’S IT COULD BE A COUPLE HOURS, A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND THAT’S WHY I WAS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT IN A PANIC, BECAUSE MY WIFE AND I BOTH DEPEND ON POWER. AND FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S LIKE, DON’T REALLY WANT TO LOSE POWER THAT LONG. HE CALLS ME. HE SAYS, MAN, YOU GOT SOME JUMPER CABLES. I SAID, I THINK I DO. I’M ON THE WAY. WELL, THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF HARAHAN RIGHT HERE. YES, SIR. IT’S THE SPIRIT OF HARAHAN. ABSOLUTELY. IT REALLY IS. HE HAS BEEN JUST FANTASTIC. MY DEAREST IN THE WORLD. RIGHT HERE. SO AGAIN, HERE’S ANOTHER LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE IN HARAHAN. ENTERGY CREWS ARE STILL OUT HERE AS WE SPEAK. THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN. WE’RE ALSO SEEING SOME LIGHTNING. BUT AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS STORY. AND OF COURSE KEEP YOU POSTED. I AM TOLD THAT SOME SORT OF SMALL FIRE APPARENTLY HAPPENED. WE’RE STILL GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF BOTTOM OF IT, BUT I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS
Entergy New Orleans restoring power for customers in Harahan
Power has been restored for most customers in Harahan after a breaker caught fire, according to Harahan Mayor Tim Baudier.Entergy New Orleans reported more than 7,000 people without power in the area.Around 2,000 people are still without power, but Baudier said they are continuing to work to restore power for those residents.Entergy has confirmed that there is an outage at a substation in the area.
Power has been restored for most customers in Harahan after a breaker caught fire, according to Harahan Mayor Tim Baudier.
Entergy New Orleans reported more than 7,000 people without power in the area.
Around 2,000 people are still without power, but Baudier said they are continuing to work to restore power for those residents.
Entergy has confirmed that there is an outage at a substation in the area.
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