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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I saw some reporter last night who was happy to be at the Entergy EOC because she knew they wouldnt lose power!
Heard an hour ago one month minimum to repair damage....probably be more than that.