Straight line winds cause power outage, school closures in Marrero
Despite warnings earlier this week about the storm headed our way, residents in the Marrero area and even parish leaders say they were shocked by how strong they were.
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'These events never used to happen to us, where we would just, you know, have a tornado outside of a hurricane. We just had it two weeks in a row. I'm not saying this is a tornado, but these kinds of large-scale wind events more frequently, and that's a little bit frightening,' said Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng.
'It's strange to see all the power lines down,' said Jefferson Parish resident Ernest Williams.
Williams lives near West Jefferson Medical Center, and like many in the area, he says it does appear that the West Bank has been getting hit hard lately.
'That's scary, you know, because normally we don't get that. You know, everybody else did it. Belle Terre had it the other day. Now, it's over here on this side. It's just weird,' said Williams.
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A few schools, like Immaculate Conception, dismissed students early after the power went out.
Entergy Louisiana is working to get everything back online, hopefully by midnight.
'I imagine, going to take a little while to restore a good bit of those people because of what we see here. I mean, when poles are down and snap like this, it's going to take a lot to get them back up and get them re-energized,' said Jefferson Parish Councilman Scott Walker.
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