{"id":63143,"date":"2022-07-27T06:13:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T11:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63143"},"modified":"2022-07-27T06:13:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T11:13:31","slug":"category-4-hurricane-prepare-for-21-days-without-power-entergy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63143","title":{"rendered":"Category 4 hurricane? Prepare for 21 days without power, Entergy says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Category 4 hurricane? Prepare for 21 days without power, Entergy says<\/a><\/h3>\n

Even a Category 1 hurricane might bring 7 days without power, utility says.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

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The electricity has been off for 11 days in Bridge City, La. Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. (Staff photo by David Grunfeld,\u00a0NOLA.com<\/a>\u00a0| The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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As Louisiana prepares to enter the most active weeks of the hurricane season, an Entergy representative said the public should be prepared to go without power for up to 21 days in the event a Category 4 storm hits the area, and seven days for a Category 1 storm.<\/p>\n

The restoration timeline \u2014 offered during a\u00a0presentation<\/a>\u00a0Friday to the Kenner City Council \u2014 tracks with estimates Entergy provided to local government leaders last August, days before Hurricane Ida walloped southeast Louisiana, roaring ashore near Grand Isle as a Category 4 storm.<\/p>\n

At the time,\u00a0Entergy warned<\/a>\u00a0that Ida had the potential to leave residents and businesses in the dark for up to 21 days, if not longer. For most residents in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, the blackout lasted for about 10 days.<\/p>\n

Still, the outages left more than a million households and businesses without power in Louisiana\u2019s sweltering summer heat and is seen as a factor in at least a dozen heat-related deaths in New Orleans alone.<\/p>\n

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As hurricane season begins, concerns still loom over power after extended outages during Ida<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

According to Entergy\u2019s estimates, the public should be prepared to go without power for up to seven days for a Category 1 storm; 10 days for a Category 2 storm; 14 days for a Category 3 storm; 21 days for a Category 4 storm; and more than 21 days for a Category 5 storm.<\/p>\n