CUT WITH BRACES ON HIS TEETH. POWER GRID CONCERNS PEOPLE LIVING IN KENNER AND METAIRIE QUESTIONING INFRASTRUCTURE STABILITY. THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER A SMALL TREE BRANCH TOOK OUT POWER FOR SOME RESIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. WDSU REPORTER KELLY BROWN IS LIVE WHERE THAT OUTAGE HAPPENED AND IS GETTING YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. KELLY. THAT'S RIGHT. ENTERGY SAYS A CUSTOMER WAS DOING SOME TREE TRIMMING RIGHT HERE SATURDAY MORNING WHEN A BRANCH LANDED ON A POWER LINE, CAUSING OVER 1500 CUSTOMERS TO GO WITHOUT POWER. NOW, ENTERGY SAYS THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT HAVE TO DO WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. POWEWER WAS RESTORED WITHIN AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE BRANCH WAS NOT LARGE IN SIZE, IT HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON LOCAL BUSINESSES. A COFFEE SHOP ALONG DAVID DRIVE SAYS THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW LONG THEY'D BE IN THE DARK, AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FRAGILITY OF THE POWER GRID. THEY SAY THE SUDDEN INTERRUPTION CAUSED THEM TO TURN AWAY CUSTOMERS. IT WAS JUST A NORMAL SATURDAY. EVERYTHING GOING WELL? IT'S FLOWING, BUSINESS GOING WELL AND THEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND, UM, WE HAD TO HURRY UP AND GET THE CUSTOMERS OUT JUST IN CASE. LIKE IF THE LIGHTS WAS OUT FOR A COUPLELE OF HOURS. UM, WE HAD TO CLEAN UP. WE HAD SOME CUSTOMERS. WAS MAD. NOW ENTERGY ASKS CUSTOMERS TO CALL THEM OR A PROFESSIONAL BEFORE DOING ANY WORK NEAR A POWER LINE. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE FROM METAIRIE KELLY BROWN, WDSU NEWS.