worth of food, had to go to mississippi to get ice. and groceries and gas. reporter: larry jackson took it upon himself to flag down a power company scout coming down his street in a pickup truck and offered some incentive before. i told him hey, look, i ll buy you some fish if you get my pole straight. reporter: and cars lined up for miles in search of food and water. the search for gas still a struggle. we just have not received a yacht fueling services to the general public. reporter: there is slow progress. power has been restored to at least ten hospitals and several sewage treatment plants thanks to repairing of generators that they used. but for hundreds of thousands, it is simply not moving fast enough. brian todd, cnn, louisiana. in northern california, some ski resorts are helping the
ice and groceries and gas. reporter: resident larry jackson took it upon himself to flag down a power company scout coming down his street in a pickup truck and offered him some incentive. in st. john s parish, cars lined up for food and water. the search for gas still a struggle. we still have not received adequate fueling services to the general public. reporter: and the slow grind of power restoration continues, but with some progress. entergy louisiana says it s restored power to at least ten hospitals in southeastern louisiana. also several sewer treatment plants have had their power restored through the repair of the generators that they were using. roughly a little over 130,000 customers have had their power restored now since the hurricane, wolf, but it s not going fast enough for so many