Lack of electricity may complicate new evacuations

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/05/chertoff.louisiana.power/index.html?eref=rss_us

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The federal government is "working with great urgency" to restore one-third of the households in Louisiana that still have no power days after after Hurricane Gustav, the chief of Homeland Security said Friday.

With Hurricane Ike possibly heading toward the Gulf Coast, the lack of electricity could greatly complicate possible evacuations.

"One of the concerns we had ... was making sure we got enough power up, particularly in the gas stations, so that if people did need to leave again, they could gas their car up and they could go," Chertoff said Friday.