Hurricane Katrina Facts for Extrema Located in Hammond, Louisiana

- Tropical storm winds were present in Tangipahoa parish (county) for a total of about 12 hours.
- Hurricane force winds were present in Tangipahoa parish for a total of about 3 hours.
- Our Parish had 100% power outage for a period of 3 days. Power began to be turned to some places after 3 days.
- All employees have returned to their homes and have been reporting to work on a regular basis.
- Extrema was one of the first places in the parish to get power.
- Extrema can ship machines through Baton Rouge terminals.
- Extrema is about 45' above sea level and suffered no flood damage.
- Extrema suffered no wind damage.

Hurricane force winds were present in Hammond from approximately 11am - 2pm on Monday, August 29, 2005. During this time Hammond had wind gust up to 100mph. Trees fell and blocked hundreds of roadways which were cleared by National Guard Troops, parish and city workers, and citizens of the parish. Although Katrina did have a lot of rain, only low lying areas of Tangipahoa Parish suffered flood damage, and the water quickly receded after the storm. Tangipahoa Parish suffered 100% power outage for a period of 3 days. FEMA moved into the parish after the storm and began to distribute water, ice, and food to the citizens of the parish and surrounding areas. Most gas stations and grocery stores were closed for a period of a week which made for very long waits at the gas station and grocery stores that were open.

As of September 14, 2005. Most of the parish has gone back to work and life is getting back to normal. The electric company says all but about 200 places in the parish have power which is remarkable considering the condition of the utility lines after the storm. The biggest inconvenience that citizens of the parish are experiencing now is the influx of traffic. Many evacuees from New Orleans, Covington, and Slidell have relocated to our parish and thousands of utility workers and military personnel are also based in our parish due to the close proximity and ease-of-access to the New Orleans area.

Extrema is experiencing difficulty with receiving and sending telephone calls, which is most likely because of a long distance exchange located in New Orleans. Other than that, it's business as usual at Extrema.

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Extrema Machinery Company

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