PMG: “We are doing everything we can to restore mail delivery and we are trying to make sure our employees are safe.”

PMG: “We are doing everything we can to restore mail delivery and we are trying to make sure our employees are safe.”

Thousands of residents, including Postal employees, in the hurricane ravaged areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama continue to struggle in the storm’s aftermath. Water continues to pour into New Orleans through breaches in two of the dikes protecting the city, roads in the four-state area remain closed, as are several airports, power is out, and many, many residents are in shelters or staying with family and friends — unable to return to their homes.

“We are doing everything we can to restore mail delivery to the people affected by Hurricane Katrina,” said PMG Jack Potter this morning. “Given that many people in those areas lost their homes, we are moving as quickly as possible to set up temporary delivery stations.”

Houston DDC employee Mary Humphrey feeds mail destined for the New Orleans delivery area onto a Bar Code Sorter.

The Postmaster General said the Postal Service is very concerned about those on subsistence and Social Security who will be expecting checks this week, noting how extremely important those checks are to them.