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Turner: Minimal damage in Vernon

Posted September 2, 2008 at 11:34 am
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BY ELONA WESTON / AMERICAN PRESS

LEESVILLE — Vernon Parish suffered only downed trees and power outages, according to Chief Deputy Calvin Turner of the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Turner said as of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, utility crews were working to restore power to the Pitkin area, which suffered the most outages in the parish.

Turner said thus far, there was only one report of structural damage in the parish.

Vernon sheltered over 400 people during Gustav. Turner said only about 100 residents remained in the parish’s shelters as of 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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