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re: Apparently some of Entergy’s power poles are rotten

Posted on 6/10/24 at 6:31 am to
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
44071 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 6:31 am to
Entergy is in talks about hardening the system - poles is part of it.

Posted by MSUmtowndawg
Jackson, MS
Member since Sep 2010
1482 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 6:36 am to
GSU is very different from the rest
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
12389 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 6:41 am to
100 dedicated men
—-and we’ve let millions in since Jan 2021
Posted by Alltheway Tigers!
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7680 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 7:14 am to
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This is what the $1.7 billion dollars Entergy received after Hurricane Katrina to harden their ageing infrastructure looks like.


That was nearly 20 years ago, a generation.
Posted by doublecutter
Member since Oct 2003
6877 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 8:19 am to
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They’ve always had lots of rotten poles. I wondered at times if their maintenance strategy was to wait until storms come and knock down bad poles so they could get federal money or something


I'm not taking up for Entergy, but they replaced a pole in front of my house a few months ago because the pole was damaged. I talked to one of the crew and he told me that Entergy sent out a survey team that inspected every pole in my neighborhood and identified poles that had damage that should be replaced. And he said that they are working through the list, replacing damaged poles. The day after they replaced the one in front of my house I saw them on the next street over replacing another pole. So it seems that they are attempting to be proactive in replacing damaged poles.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
130040 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 8:22 am to
That's why crews constantly replace them.

Did you think they last forever?
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
14255 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 8:24 am to
Entergy sucks
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
130040 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 8:30 am to
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Likely an AT&T pole. Entergy can replace it if someone reports it, and then Entergy can invoice AT&T for it. Under the vines, is probably an AT&T emblem. Pole has phone and cable line, with one phase and neutral lines on top, it appears.




I bet it's BellSouth



Posted by I20goon
about 7mi down a dirt road
Member since Aug 2013
17254 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 9:36 am to
I know of one town in AR where the Entergy poles are so bad it looks like they are preparing defensive positions against the army of the dead in Game of Thrones. Damn things been leaning forever, and just slowly go over more and more until the end up in the road.
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
7163 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 9:48 am to
entergy's plan is to train all the termites in the rotten poles to hold hands in order to keep the poles from falling down.
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