I just talked to Steven for the first time today! I’ll admit, I was getting stressed. I knew he would call when he could. I just didn’t know when that would be. He said he’d try to call again tomorrow, too.
They are now in Houma, LA. (See maps below.) I talked to him yesterday just before they drove down and again when they arrived – after driving through the hurricane- and I hadn’t heard from him since. Here is what he had to say:
– No power in the town at all.
– They do have running water.
– Only one person on his crew has cell phone service, and he is on “Roam.”
– They slept in a shelter last night, but will have a hotel room tonight.
– They’ll be there a while. He thinks about a month. He also said that he has been told this is Entergy’s second largest outage ever – second only to Katrina. They didn’t even do any repair work today. They just spent the day cleaning poles out of the streets.
Please keep these guys in your prayers.
My brother is also going down with Entergy. Said he could be there 2 months, but could make in 2 months what some people make in a year. I would probably go too. LOL He works for one of the power plants, but is an electrician and is going to do that. I haven’t heard if he’s left yet or not.
I know it’s not exactly the same, but Bruce has spent a lot of the summer down in Houma and Thibodaux , one week in Baton Rouge, helping out his company where they need him. They’ve just been short-handed. But he’s about to be sent back down there again to help out. He’ll be there probably three weeks at a time, home for a week…gone three… it’s lonely and I know EXACTLY how you feel! I’m here for ya!