On entergy's website they just posted the first round of estimated dates for power restoration by city. I'm interested in Liberty, but did not see it. They have Dayton and Ames grouped together as 9/25, so I hope Liberty is in that power grid.

http://www.entergy.com/

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Taken from the Entergy Website:
Ike restoration update for Texas: These are current restoration estimates for customers who can take power. These will be updated as more is known.

Area


Date for
100 Percent Restoration

Orange, Vidor


9/21/2008

Navasota


9/22/2008

Port Arthur, Port Neches, Nederland, Groves


9/23/2008

Winnie, Anahuac


9/25/2008

Dayton, Ames, Daisetta, Batson, Saratoga


9/25/2008

The Woodlands


9/25/2008

Woodville


9/29/2008

Silsbee, Lumberton, Kountze


9/29/2008

Conroe


9/29/2008

Huntsville, Madisonville


9/29/2008

New Caney


10/5/2008

Cleveland


10/5/2008

Beaumont, Bevil Oaks, Sour Lake


10/6/2008

Country Club Estates near Port Arthur


Flooded – no date determined

Bolivar Peninsula


Flooded – no date determined

Sabine Pass


Flooded – no date determined

From looking at Entergy's map, Liberty is in the Dayton, etc. section. I know the old Gulf States (pre-Entergy) office that served Liberty was located in Dayton.

Hope their dates are accurate. That sounds a lot better than the 4-6 weeks that had been tossed about earlier.

CRAP.

I just took a generator and as much ice and gas as I could fit in my truck to my mom in Cleveland.

I was hoping it would be sooner than that.

The commercial strip along highway 90 in Dayton should have power within the next few hours, which was reported KSHN 99.99. There are a few stores there that already have power.

I hope those estimates are worst case.

Well, if it makes you feel better the estimates are for 100% restoration. It could be the case that there are pockets of Cleveland that are hard to get to, but other areas that could be brought on line sooner. The Entergy Rep on KSHN said that Dayton residents could be up as early as 9/22 instead of 9/25. Also, I noticed Arkansas is almost 100% and Louisiana is 88%, so hopefully they can send the workers from there to TX to help speed things up.

It is encouraging that a fair bit of the Woodlands has power now vs the 9/25 projection for 100% restoration.

On the 39 news last night, they updated and said Cleveland would have power by 9/25 instead of the 10/5 on the Entergy page.

I guess things are going better than expected. Good.

Cleveland has power.

I guess they are going a lot better than expected in Cleveland. Hopefully this trend continues for everywhere else.