Evacu-Blog

From a report by St. Tammany Parish officials as of noon today:

We have wide spread power power outages across the parish.  As the winds pick up speed we are experiencing more trees and power lines down.  The water is rising along Highway 90 and Highway 433 at the Rigolets but not beyond expected levels.  We are continuing to monitor this closely.  As of noon, the water gauge at the I-10 Twin Spans was averaging 4 feet above sea level, with wave action above that level. 

So far, the major problems appear to be downed trees and power outages.  We have a report of water in the Eden Isles area to dock level, well below streets & houses. 

Slidell residents shouldn’t return home yet to give crews time to begin repairing power lines, as well as the city’s sewage treatment plant, which lost power and then failed because the back-up generator did not work, Mayor Ben Morris said late Monday afternoon.