Oak Grove to expect 90+ winds in the next 15 minutes..
Katrina worst ever for Entergy
Entergy President Dan Packer said work crews would begin assessing damage to the power system Tuesday. But this much he already knows: Hurricane Katrina will go down as the worst the utility has ever experienced.
The situation Monday afternoon was "the worst we've had in our company's history,'' he said on WWL radio.
Packer said more than 700,000 customers - about 100 percent of the utility's customers in southeast Louisiana - were without power as of Monday afternooon.
He said the company's second-worst power outage was during Hurricane Georges, when some 265,000 customers had no electricty.
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Thank you for the info. I (in UT) was just disappointed last night (not surprised) that my dad (in CA) didn't realize how bad this was (he doesn't pay much attention to the news).
I know he'll be wanting to check on them tonight after my report.