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Southeast Texas is slowly powering back to normal as over 2,000 lineworkers and crews from across the country race to restore electricity after massive outages. Entergy’s local team has swelled from 300 to nearly 2,100 workers, bringing power back to 75% of customers — with a goal of hitting 90% by Thursday night. For some, patience will stretch into Friday. Amid the grueling effort, Beaumont restaurant owner Zamira Gjyriqi showed deep appreciation by offering free meals to crews all day Thursday — any dish up to $25, just with ID. Entergy’s VP Frank Shannon called such gestures “huge,”…
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