Electric Utilities Report Nearly 93,000 Without Power
Pascagoula Schools to Reopen Wednesday

From: MEMA News Release   Filed 9/1/08  GCN 6:26 p.m.

There are a total of 92,571 outages  in the state of Mississippi. Of these, Entergy is now reporting 20,235 outages; MS Power has reported 22,133 outages; Electric Power Associations reported 49,203 outages.

Also, Pascagoula School District will reopen classes for Wednesday, Sept. 3. All school personnel and students should report to their respective schools at their regular times. Buses will run their usual schedules.

As of Sunday night, 39 counties had declared States of Emergency and 30 cities had declared SOEs. This number will be updated by tomorrow.

For more information please go to www.msema.org or call 866-920-MEMA.