Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "More neighborhoods getting power restored a week after Ida" video.

  1. Well yeah, but underground lines are 10x more expensive than the normal ones hence they haven't made that leap yet. I guarantee every single person in every house in New Orleans the past two weeks (including my own, although we're in an area that already has the underground lines and we consequently got our power back sooner than most everyone else as a result) is saying "I don't care what it costs, they should do it." Here's the thing, Entergy is already talking about raising people's bills right now to cover the cost of this storm. If the people want it, the people will have to vote it in then pay for it themselves, essentially. Entergy is as greedy as they come. They're acting like heroes just by turning the power back on right now. It's disgusting. There needs to be the same kind of Federal relief in terms of $$ that came after Katrina where they rebuilt the levees and then use that money to reinforce the power structure this time. But it is unbelievably expensive and really, really remote areas like Grand Isle and Lafourche will not get it. Maybe partially they can, but not like underground the entire way or anything. I am optimistic they will rebuild it better than it was, though, and keep in mind that tower that fell didn't even waver during Katrina. Ida did more wind damage than Katrina, Delta and some other hurricane combined on a power level.
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