PART 7 | JEFFERSON PARISH (Grand Isle, Lafitte, Marrero, Barataria, etc.) | 9/7/21 PRESS REL | UN2CT
OVERVIEW
PRIORITY: REMOVING POLES
& WIRES & Concentrating on the 50 Main Line Breaks from LAFITTE TO GRAND ISLE.
• ¹ADVISORY BY PUBLIC WORKS (J.P.):
LIMIT WATER USAGE, e.g. when washing clothes & showering. Try to be conservative until the SEWAGE SYSTEM IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL
~WATER BOILING ADVISORY for the E BANK has ceased.
blueroof.us
• ¹BLUE ROOF PROGRAM - Blueroof.us (Army Corps of Engineers Program) providing roof sheets services. 14,000 JP residents have signed up already. Call 1-888-766-3258.
• BUSINESS RESOURCES
¹JEDCO.
~Biz Owners Needing to Utilize Internet, Air, Handle Business, Can Visit
JEDCO (call 1st, make reservations).
~JEDCO will host a WEBINAR THURS, SEPT 9, 2021, 10:30 a.m. re: FEMA & SBA LOANS.
• ¹CURFEW (J.P.): Extended through Fri, 9/10/21, 6a - 6p. This may continue after that date. Listen for press releases after 9/10. Curfews are in place to deter looting while so many evacuees are away. Once more power is restored, this will change.
• 680 EVACUEES SHELTERED (in state facilities) being moved on 9/9/21 back to Jefferson Parish. Each evacuee will assess whether their home is livable; &, if not, they will be brought to shelters managed by RED CROSS.
• ELECTRICITY
60% POWER OUTAGE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
•¹• ¹FEMA OFFICIAL WEBSITE IS: disaster assistance.gov.¹
• ¹FEMA PHONE NUMBER: 1 (800) 621-3362.¹
²"FEMA HOSTS DRIVE-UP REGISTRATION INTAKE CENTER at the Jefferson Parish Health Unit –1855 Ames Blvd, Marrero, LA 70072 – seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Bring INS PAPERS.
• ¹INSURANCE QUESTIONS CALL: 1 (800) 259-5300.¹
• FIRE DEPT 9/7/21 REPORT (J.P.)
~No Standing Fires.
~DAILY provision of 1 oxygen tank per person, at local fire stations until power is restored. WEST BANK FIRE STATIONS ARE OPEN.
~W BANK FIRE STATIONS are OPEN.
~CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING has gone down, partly due to less generators being place indoors w/some ppl having restored electricity: also detectors are being distributed.
•¹LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT (R.P.). Curfew extended. Asking the public to report crimes. Law Enforcement has obtained property retrieved from burglars & looters. If you are an evacuee & learn your home has been burglarized, you are urged to report that. This will help the burglary dept piece together other crimes that may be related to yours.
NOTE: ¹The NAT'L GUARD also has been patrolling the Jefferson Parish area.
• ¹MILITARY LAFITTE ONE-WAY BRIDGE OPENING WED, 9/8/21.
• ¹ NAT'L GUARD
PROVIDING SECURITY PATROLS, MEALS, EQUIPMENT, & SUPPLIES (as well as, constructing Lafitte Military, One-Way Bridge).
• 7 NURSING HOME LICENSES REVOKED.
If you are seeking the whereabouts of your loved one, CALL 1-800-755-5175 or DIAL 211.
• ¹PUBLIC WORKS REPORT 9/7/21 (J.P.).
PUBLIC WORKS working 12 hr shifts, 9 DAYS IN A ROW.
∆ (SEE WATER ADVISORY AT TOP OF THIS PAGE).
∆ LANDFILL
~60 RUNNING TRUCKS.
~3 DROP OFF LOCATIONS. Lapalco & Wall Blvds, David Dr.
∆ ROADS
~MOST ROADS CLEANED UP (excluding downed poles & wires). BASINS & MEDIANS CLEANING. STREET Sweeper Machines should begin soon.
~DRAINAGE DOWN IN LAFITTE & BARATARIA.
~STREET LIGHTS ON IN SOME PLACES (35%). 53 out of 155.
∆ WATER LINES over 50 need work. PUMPS (65% of system working), SEWER, UPTAKES (VIew Vid or Link 1 for that full & lengthy PUBLIC WORKS JP REPORT).
∆ SOME DAMAGED WATER TANKS.
∆ WATER TREATMENT PLANTS WORKING NORMALLY.
NOTE: PLS REVIEW THE WWLTV VID LINK 1 below (see MIDWAY), for that extensive public works report.
• • ¹TRANSIT LIFELINE free fare during the restoration period.
8:30-4 pm MON-SAT.
ROUTES: e1 veteran, e2 airlines, e3 kennel local, w1 Avondale, w3 lapalco, w10 Huey p long.¹
²"For more information about Jefferson Parish, visit www.JeffParish.net. Follow the Parish on Facebook, Twitter &Instagram (@JeffParishGov) or by texting JPALERT or JPNOTICIAS to 888-777."²
• ¹&²DONATIONS TO: jeffparish.net
SOURCES
¹WWLTV 9/7/21 PRESS RELEASE
²JEFFERSON PARISH NEWS RELEASE 9/7/21 SITE
⁵UPI article 9/8/21
