![]() Louis Louvier, utility foreman for the Port Arthur network, was a reliability serviceman for Entergy Texas, living comfortably with his family in a recently remodeled home in Port Neches. Rita Puts Louis Louvier and Family into FEMA Trailer Looking back on the days following the storm, Boudreaux said she was impressed at how quickly the contract crews and others who came to the Winnie area fell in line with our employees and were dedicated to restoring power quickly and safely. According to Boudreaux, Rita whipped winds up to 80 mph. Ironically, when the family finally reached the small town of Carlos to rest, it wasn't quite the safe haven they were expecting. ![]() Livingston is a small community, but that night it was crowded with people fleeing the advancing storm. Roadside assistance refused to come because ‘a hurricane is on the way.' So the four of them and the dog spent the night sleeping in the truck until they were able to leave the next morning. "We stopped in Livingston when we ran out of gas," she said. What she recalls vividly was a long, stressful evacuation journey.īoudreaux, her son, her parents and the family dog climbed into a pickup truck for they hoped would be uneventful 8 ½-hour journey to Shepherd, Texas. In fact, she will tell you that she didn't really have much damage to her property-a portable building destroyed and vinyl siding blown off her home. She was known as Deborah Kramer, then, in the post she still holds as administrative assistant in Entergy Texas' Winnie Service Center.Īnd her memories of Hurricane Rita don't revolve around the damage to her home. Like most Entergy employees who lived through hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Deborah Boudreaux remembers it well. Winnie Administrative Assistant Remembers Rita ![]()
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