Update at 10:27 a.m. ET: Entergy says 825,000 customers were without power at 6 a.m. ET. The company, which serves Louisiana and Mississippi, says this is the second largest outage in its history."This morning, we're reporting 1.4 million -- 1.4 million -- households in Louisiana without power," Jindal says. He says there are "significant transmission issues."
Update at 10:23 a.m. ET: Jindal says 12 hospitals may need to be evacuated over the next 72 hours depending on whether or not they can get them power."Over the next 72 hours, we could be looking at having to evacuate 814 hospital patients," he says. "Now remember, we evacuated over a thousand patients before the storms, and that was using flights every 30 minutes. So this is a very, very important and big challenge."
Update at 10:17 a.m. ET: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the biggest dangers to residents of his state are heavy rains, tornadoes and residual storm surge.
Update at 10:23 a.m. ET: Jindal says 12 hospitals may need to be evacuated over the next 72 hours depending on whether or not they can get them power."Over the next 72 hours, we could be looking at having to evacuate 814 hospital patients," he says. "Now remember, we evacuated over a thousand patients before the storms, and that was using flights every 30 minutes. So this is a very, very important and big challenge."
Update at 10:17 a.m. ET: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the biggest dangers to residents of his state are heavy rains, tornadoes and residual storm surge.
"One of the things I want to emphasize is that this is still a very, very serious storm that has caused major damage in our state," he says.
Jindal describes the medical evacuation that preceded Hurricane Gustav as "the largest medical evacuation in our nation's history."
Original posting at 9:06 a.m. ET: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff are scheduled to brief reporters on Hurricane Gustav at 10 a.m. ET in Baton Rouge.
President Bush will also receive an update this morning on the response to the storm, the White House says.
(Top photo of New Orleans taken yesterday by the Coast Guard, via AP; Bottom photo taken yesterday in Houma, La., by Mark Wallheiser, Reuters.)
Jindal describes the medical evacuation that preceded Hurricane Gustav as "the largest medical evacuation in our nation's history."
Original posting at 9:06 a.m. ET: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff are scheduled to brief reporters on Hurricane Gustav at 10 a.m. ET in Baton Rouge.
President Bush will also receive an update this morning on the response to the storm, the White House says.
(Top photo of New Orleans taken yesterday by the Coast Guard, via AP; Bottom photo taken yesterday in Houma, La., by Mark Wallheiser, Reuters.)
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