Carbon Monoxide warnings - keep generators outside 20ft away from doors and windows

Wed Sep 1 21:08:16 UTC 2021

One person has died and at least 27 people are being treated for carbon 
monoxide poisoning from portable generators.

Officials are reminding people to operate portable generators only 
outside, 20 feet away from homes, doors and windows.  Not in carports, 
garages, basements.

To restore power, Entergy has "islanded" (disconnected) the City of New 
Orleans from the regional grid and started a local power plant. The 
transmission lines were toppled during the storm, but the cables were 
still connected to the terminals. Islanding the city makes sense, but I 
don't remember a power company islanding large parts of the grid before. 
Public officials are now saying it may be 30+ days to fully restore power.

Entergy has implemented restoration priority, which means hospitals, 
public safety and critical infrastructure will be restored first. Along 
with some incidental customers on the same circuits.

Customers out of service

Louisiana - 987,588
Mississippi - 31,516
Florida - 21,867
California - 21,339
Pennsylvania - 10,415

Reminder, Puerto Rico still has not fully recovered from hurricanes in 
2017.  Puerto Rico still has rolling blackouts.  And yes, Puerto Rico is 
an island, so its electric grid is naturally an island.

The major wireless providers have activated their open roaming agreements, 
allowing customers to roam on any working infrastructure from other 
service providers.  They are also waiving overages and many other feeds in 
the affected region.  Check your service provider's website for details.

AT&T says 82 percent of its network in service in Louisiana.

First responders say the AT&T FIRSTNET failed (again) during the 
hurricane.

T-Mobile says 70 percent of its network in service in Louisiana.

Verizon says it has "gaps in coverage" but its network remains resilient. 
I don't know what that means.

I haven't found reports from cable companies in the region.