10:30 LRN Newscast July 15

Barry did not deliver a blow to Louisiana that forecasters were predicting. Jeff Palermo looks at what happens….

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Friday there were serious concerns that some levees in New Orleans may have difficulty handling the storm, but Governor Edwards says the upgraded levee system held up.

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Entergy is hoping to have power restored in the next 48 hours to those that were affected by the storm. This morning they reported that 31-thousand customers were still without power, down from the peak of 89-thousand customers. They are having to rebuild poles, wires and substations that were damaged.  Entergy has approximately 4-thousand worker restoring power. They are facing challenges accessing roadways in Assumption. Lafourche, St. Mary and Terrbonne Parishes due to high water. Cleco is reporting approximately 23-thousand without power still this morning, down from 63-thousand and they have 14-hunderd contractors working to restore power.The hardest hit areas for Cleco is St Mary and Iberia Parishes.

SEC football Media Days begin today in Hoover, Alabama. Braden Gall covers college football for Athlon Sports and ESPN-U Radio and he says LSU will be good on defense once again, but the play at quarterback could be the best it’s been at LSU in a long time…
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