Entergy, which is responding to hurricane-related needs in Louisiana, finds itself stretched thin to meet a growing number of outages in rain-drenched Arkansas. Check out the map. A hot-and-in-the-dark Hillcrest resident, among more than 2,000 in the neighborhood currently without power, notes that Entergy is predicting power in her neighborhood won’t be restored until SATURDAY.

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