NEW ORLEANS – About 7,500 people were without power across Orleans Parish this morning after a cat got into an Entergy substation and caused a “flash.”
Lights went out across Mid City around 9 a.m. after the cat came into contact with a piece of equipment in the substation, according to a tweet by Entergy.
Crews began working to restore power soon after the catastrophic outage, according to Entergy.
A cat got into a substation that feeds parts of Uptown, Central City, Mid-City, and the CBD, and caused a flash when it came into contact with our equipment. Crews are safely working to make equipment repairs and restore power to all as quickly as possible.
— Entergy New Orleans (@EntergyNOLA) September 17, 2018
Shortly before 10:30 a.m., Entergy announced it had restored power to all but approximately 200 customers.
By 11:16 a.m., Entergy announced that power had been fully restored to all customers.
The cat, sadly, did not survive its encounter with the equipment, according to Entergy.
OUTAGE RESTORED: Crews have safely restored power to remaining customers. It is unusual for a cat to get into a substation and around protective devices. When this happens, the animals unfortunately do not survive the high-voltage contact. Read more: https://t.co/eLCc3PHneR
— Entergy New Orleans (@EntergyNOLA) September 17, 2018
