of health is reporting the deaths of four nursing home patients. they were evacuated ahead of the storm along with stefrl hundred other patients from several nursing homes to a warehouse they said had deteriorating conditions. brian todd joins me. is there any estimate as to when people will get power back at this point? >> reporter: anderson, they're careful not to give estimates but there has been progress made despite this being a really slow grind. we're told by energy officials here that roughly 140,000 customers have had their power restored. but out of close to a million female. you can see that that is just not fast enough. for so many people who are here. they're frustrated by it. we're also told bill nrg louisiana that they've restored power to at least 10 hospitals in southeast louisiana. they've restored power to several sewage treatment plants. so again, some progress made but it is a slow grind and a dangerous one. we'll illustrate that right here. this is in kenner. this is the main drag where you have downed power lines here, a transformer down over there,