Hurricane Gustav: Most Postal Service Operations Resume

USPS resumes full operations in most of Louisiana and all of Texas

BATON ROUGE, LA — The United States Postal Service (USPS) has resumed operations and deliveries throughout Louisiana in all areas that are accessible and safe for employees.

“The morning after Hurricane Gustav made landfall, we stand ready to meet our mandate to serve our customers,” says Southwest Area Vice President Ellis Burgoyne, “the interruption of service was brief, largely due to moving quickly to secure mail, postal facilities and equipment in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Gustav. Thankfully all our employees are accounted for and many are reporting to work today in impacted areas, ready to serve the public trust.”

Texas operations and deliveries are fully operational. Current status of operations in impacted areas, by state follows:

LOUISIANA

Plants and Post Offices in Louisiana (Zip Code Areas 705-714) are accepting mail and offering retail and delivery services.

Some plants and Post Offices in Southern Louisiana (Zip Codes for New Orleans Area 700-701, Zip Codes for Houma Area 703, and Zip Codes for Mandeville Area 704) are expected to resume operations on Wednesday, September 3, 2008. At that time, deliveries will resume at all accessible locations mindful of the safety of our employees, customers, and in accordance with local law enforcement instructions.

TEXAS

All plants and Post Offices in the Greater Houston area (Zip Code Area 770-778) have resumed normal operations. All plants and Post Offices along the Central and Southern Texas Gulf Coast (Zip Code Areas 779, 783, 785,785) are operating normally.

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