The area's primary utility, Entergy Corp., said 271 high-voltage transmission lines were down and 275 substations out o service, and there was no immediate timeline of when power would be restored. Residents of Beaumont have been told it could be as long as a month
I'm so thankful Houston Power and Light restored power yesterday evening so my grandbabies could sleep with AC on in this HOT weather. They had evacuated to our place in central TX on Friday morning with no traffic problems at all. They did see abandoned cars from Thursday's traffic nightmare along the country roads they traveled, however. They went home yesterday, because it was their designated return time, only to find the power still out. Fortunately, they'd brought the meat from their freezer to put in our freezer, and it stayed frozen in their ice chests until power was restored last evening. I do hope this was the last hurricane of the season!