Power outages across Louisiana are down to the tens of thousands as opposed to the hundreds of thousands we saw just after Zeta made landfall near Cocodrie last week. Entergy CEO Phillip May says they expect most customers should be back online by Wednesday but the lower portions of Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson, and Lafourche Parishes could be out until Saturday.
Overall, crews have found damage to 2,747 poles, 573 transformers and 1,794 spans of wire.
A UNO poll shows Governor Edwards sitting pretty with a 56 percent job approval rating, a pandemic boost for the Governor that was in the low 50s post-reelection. UNO Research Center Director, Professor Ed Chervenak says 67-percent of respondents feel COVID is a serious problem…
Cut 10 (11) “overwhelmingly disapprove”
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chief of Engineering Rudy Simoneaux says they’re working on fixing the Burrito Levee in Grand Isle that breached during Zeta. He says it will need some repairs.
Despite the breach, most Grand Isle homes are reportedly ok due to being highly elevated on stilts.
Amendment 7 on the statewide ballot would protect unclaimed property money in a new trust fund. Public Affairs Research Council President Robert Travis Scott says each year if new collections entrusted to the Treasurer exceed what’s collected by rightful owners, the difference goes into the state’s general fund. Scott explains some of what makes up unclaimed property…