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8,000 without power after someone took a chainsaw to a power pole

Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:30 am
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37314 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:30 am
In today's episode of WTF...

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Nearly 8,000 New Orleans residents in the 7th Ward and Bywater were without power early Monday morning after someone cut into an Entergy service pole with a chainsaw, an Entergy spokesperson said.

The outage was reported at 5:56 a.m. and impacted just over 7,800 Entergy customers across the 7th Ward, Bywater, Marigny and St. Claude neighborhoods, according Entergy's outage map


Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw?

Why are they doing this before dawn?

It's crazy that it's so easy to take 8,000 people out of power.
Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
18336 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:30 am to
sounds like someone mentally ill
Posted by bradygolf98
Member since Jan 2021
1539 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:31 am to
quote:

Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw?

Why are they doing this before dawn?

Because New Orleans
Posted by JimTiger72
Member since Jun 2023
5363 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:32 am to
Someone had a case of the Mondays
Posted by crownNbull
Gretna
Member since Jun 2010
3097 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:33 am to
quote:

Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw?

Why are they doing this before dawn?


Guessing you’ve never seen some of the fine folks the 7th Ward and Bywater have to offer..
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26961 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:36 am to
quote:

It's crazy that it's so easy to take 8,000 people out of power.


They can usually re-route power, but I guess it depends on which pole was cut.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124966 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:36 am to
quote:

Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw?



Drugs and crazy.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17310 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:38 am to
quote:

8,000 without power after someone took a chainsaw to a power pole


So, a typical New Orleans Monday?
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47610 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:40 am to
quote:

It's crazy that it's so easy to take 8,000 people out of power.


I caught a lot of shite for this exact gripe after Ida. People said I was ungrateful since just our power was out and nothing damaged. But
My neighborhood in Gonzales was out of power for 7 days despite having absolutely no damage to the houses or properties in our neighborhood.

The culprit was a SINGLE downed pole about .5 mile a way on the highway.

The problem was there were about a million poles down or something unheard of. So it took 6.5 days to even show up at our downed pole. It was repaired and power restored in 12 hours.

The real root cause of the massive extended power outages after Ida? Entergy around South Louisiana has no redundancy nor emergency capability to overlap/connect to other working power lines. And Yes this technology DOES exist and it's not THAT expensive to incorporate.

So 48 hours after Ida Our neighbors just to the left of the subdivision(downed pole was to the right) had power while we remained dark for 5 more days. Total bullshite.

TLDR IT's absurd and unacceptable(i guess it is) in 2024 that one utility pole can take out power to so many residences.

This post was edited on 3/4/24 at 8:45 am
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19560 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:41 am to
Chocolate City
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
119556 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:43 am to
quote:

8,000 without power after someone took a chainsaw to a power pole



This is how you civil war.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
20457 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 8:47 am to
Sounds like something my brother’s ex would do.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96902 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 9:10 am to
quote:

Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw?


It’s NOLA. Why expect a logical explanation to be involved?
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
29035 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 9:46 am to
Sounds like a hit.
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9671 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 9:48 am to
quote:

Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw?

Why are they doing this before dawn?


drunk?
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 9:54 am to
quote:

Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw?

Why are they doing this before dawn?


they shouldnt have turned his power off

he decided if he didnt have power. than nobody gonna get power
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
33705 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 9:57 am to
quote:

power pole


I got yer power pole right here, amirite ladies?
Posted by TDFreak
Dodge Charger Aficionado
Member since Dec 2009
7469 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:12 am to
quote:

Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw?
My money is on this smugly inanimate power pole disrespekting some upstanding individual. Probably festering for weeks. This (pole) shall not stand!
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:13 am to
quote:

Why is someone cutting into a power pole with a chainsaw? Why are they doing this before dawn?


It was a dare/bet
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
5974 posts
Posted on 3/4/24 at 10:18 am to
Sounds like a bank heist movie.
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