re: Tropical force winds in BR (July 31)

Here in Broadmoor a block away from the high school entergy came out about 10 PM and replaced a transformer in the corner of my back yard. They got everything put together and then they left, still no power.

After Ida it appeared that entergy was planning to upgrade their electrical infrastructure. After last night's rough thunderstorm it appears that entergy is still not prepared for storms. Not a good look for entergy and they are still charging us a storm restoration fee.

At 6 AM August 1st Broadmoor is still in the dark from a thunderstorm that took place the previous day at 5 PM.

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bullshite and Entergy should tie into the buried lines from Perkins Rd area

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I asked this question to an Entergy rep back in 2021 after Ida came through. I asked them if the circuits can be made “double-ended” in the neighborhood, meaning it has two separate feeders that can be switched. I was informed that the primary voltages are different, meaning all the transformers in the neighborhood would need to be changed on the old circuit. The two good circuits in the neighborhood are fed from the substation behind the mall movie theater. The older circuit is fed from either the substation at Pecue and the railroad tracks or the substation by Lauberge, depending on which switch they have closed.

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Even at night that shouldn’t take more than 4 to 6 hours to fix with several trucks, it damn sure shouldn’t take 24 hours.

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I’ve found that with Oak Hills, the amount of homes without power is low enough to where it’s not a high priority. Entergy will focus efforts on getting as many people restored as quickly as it can. So that just makes us the last ones on the list.

Power was restored at 1:48am last night. Haven’t had a chance to drive by the tree and see what the repair looks like but if they have to set a new pole they may have turned it on for now until they can do that. Will have to go out there and see.

Got power back at about 3 am. Much of my neighborhood is still out.

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Take cover

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Looks like it might KO Brusly instead of us.

This is some Texas/Oklahoma border BS for sure

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Here comes some more really bad weather

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Hope it doesn't knock out my power. Oh wait, still don't have any.

You can’t top a Colman stove… best eggs and bacon EVER!!!!!!

You BR boys save some rain for us in Lafayette. It’s slowly moving west.

I know my dog is losing his shite at the house right now lol

Armageddon!

Yea, that last thunder almost made me shite my pants