Houston residents going FIVE DAYS without power after Beryl, frustration grows
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- Frustration grows for Houston area residents who are on day five without power. FOX 26's Jonathan Mejia spoke to residents who want more communication from CenterPoint.
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Ain’t Houston supposed to be “The Energy Capital of The World”?
The "energy" industry is the biggest misnomer. Potential chemical energy is far more accurate.
did you know in the winter storm their gas stopped working as well, Texas without gas, wow what next, they say its too cold in Texas?
🤡Be quiet and keep pumping your gas so Texas can keep getting richer 🤡
Yes! Energy dollars go from your pocket into the republican leadership's pocket.
Lmfao
No generator. Nofood. No lights. No estimated time for lights. Many can't continue to deal with these conditions
I can't get a generator because it would be stolen or I'd be robbed where I live. Have a gas stove so can cook rice and noodles but heat is killing me. If they just gave time frames maybe we could make arrangements if needed
@@user-lp5ci9bi2jcareful with those stove emissons, CO, CO2 etc, ventilate please
And no Governor.
All by design. The elite hate us useless eaters.
In my 70 years, this was simultaneously the mildest hurricane ever, and (according to the electric company) did the most damage to the electrical system in history. Even cable TV, Internet, and Ma Bell were down. There is only six inches of soil on top of thick clay; all the tree roots go sideways - not down. They just can't take strong winds. If you drive down the streets, about every third block has a tree pushed over, not broken, with intact SHALLOW roots showing. They take the power-lines with them.
That said, WE KNOW THIS, and I do not understand the scatter-shot system of who keeps power, and who gets it back first. Drive along FM 1960 near Eldridge, or Hwy 249 near Spring-Cypress Road (to name just two). One corner, or one side of a street will have power, but not the others. Our across-the-street neighbors in our sub-division always get power two days before we do!
Wow. Very solid statement.
Centerpoint in the last 10 to 15 20 years has neglected our grid system and they have let it go to hell. Centerpoint is just another money hungry company that wants a bunch of money but they don’t do anything to keep up the grid. That’s why we lose power all the time the CEO of Centerpoint needs to be fired.
The reason the trees roots are like that is because they were berlapped. It prevents trees from developing a proper taproot, and they become extremely sceptible to falling over.
I was telling all my family out of town hey if phones go out from storm I am fine this is just a little baby storm. And now I've been out of electricity longer than I have with any storm
The across the street neighbors are more hardcore republican than you. Gregg Abbott, and his republican overloads, always reward those that give them the most donations. Next time write a bigger check to his re-election campaign.
What a HOT MESS🥵my service got restored today thankfully🙌🏻still praying for all those still without it🙏🏻
No you aren't. You are just saying that because you have power. If you truly cared, you would turn your power off in solidarity.
@@uberenthusiasts Ok let me turn everything off, just for you.
Thank you! At least you got relief
We’re on Day 6 without power & no text updates from CenterPoint since Thursday. Even then, the texts only said they were assessing to give an expected date of return of power. We’re in the teal-colored group on the “updated” map with no expected restoration date (and currently the restoration dates go out as far as July 19th.) This is the same as the previous storm - always in the last restored group. 😢
@@Airamimosa I had power since last Monday. You need to cut your lines in solidarity though.
This is ridiculous. 5 days of blistering heat. The company responsible should be sued.
You mean greg abbott and the republican party?
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I've been without power since Monday @5:30 am
The white house 😢😂😢
This just in...Center Point Energy announces huge rate hike is on the way.
Can I ask a stupid question? It’s 2024 why the hell do we still have power lines above ground
Thats very stupid😂
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GREGG ABBOTT and Mr Patrick need that alleged bribe money 💰 🤑 😂😮😢😢
I absolutely hate Houston. I’ve lost power for the 3rd time this morning! It’s only been sprinkling! What are they doing?!
FIXING EVERYTHING THAT WAS DESTROYED.
Who is supplying these outage numbers?
Centerpoint-less ... their updates and numbers are flawed, as well as their emergency planning and leadership.
@Michael-dt9lo they didn't plan. My power went out at 430 am Monday. About 20 min later I received an email my power would be restored by 1230pm. Absolutely not possible. When I asked about it I was told it was an automated system. Now why would an automated system be on if they were in hurricane mode? No they didn't prepare. What are we told when preparing? Always prepare for a cat above what os predicted. The predictions were all over the place but most agreed a cat one maybe 2.
@@AJXOXO-vz1pn yo mama
Ugh. I am so frustrated with this ineptitude.
Ineptitude is on your fault for not understanding how things work. Your power company is doing a great job, right on schedule. If you live in a hurricane zone, you MUST EXPECT A TWO WEEK OUTAGE. It's the way the electric system works.
@@tonyburzio4107 It was only a CAT 1. Any other level would be State ending at this rate. lmao
The people actually working on the lines and getting the power going are doing a great job. The company itself has done a shifty job across the board. No need to boot lick them
Get out of here.. not one penny of your bill goes to upgraded equipment, they just rig the the antiquated junk till the next storm!
After 6.7 BILLION in profits they failed to improve the infrastructure, they even failed to do basic maintenance such as replace old poles, transformers and other basic items, tree trimming and more. Now they are applying for federal dollars to do necessary upgrades, despite record profits and failing to due their job. They also failed to prepare properly for a Cat 1 (with possibility to become Cat 2) that they new was coming all week. They should be prepared for a major hurricane, obviously they weren’t. Thankfully I’ve never lived where the power companies weren’t held accountable for basic maintenance. The burden is on Central Point.
They say they’ve restored power in a given area, but all that means is they marked it on the map as “energized.” We’ve been “energized” for two days now, but still don’t have power. It’s just gaslighting at this point.
How are people in the energized areas without power 😐
Supposedly nested outages. Now ask anyone with a nested outage when they are getting their repairs? Oh yeah no clue because we are marked as complete.
Now is the time to get GENERAC type generators. Hurricane Harvey was the early warning get yourself a dependable backup generator.
nvm nvm nvm vvvvvvvvvv😅@@texan-american200
Only 7 hundred thousand? I doubt that.
Reminds me of the week we went without power during Rita here in SE Texas. And it was extremely hot then as well. Sorry you folks are going through that.
Is Abbott STILL on VACATION???!!!
Baryl was weak as hell if you ask me 😅
Yes, and with the VP of Centerpoint too, so I've heard.
Ted Cruz is going to meet him in Cancun
Abbot isn’t a lineman for the county last I checked! Might as well be blaming the zombie President after all he’s in charge of the nation and this is a national disaster. How come that potato head hasn’t made a showing to appear that he cares? Houston is a blue city ....seems he could score some campaign points with a quick in person interview here. We probably couldn’t understand the gibberish and broken sentences! FJB
@@HEllis-qu5nnna Ted cruz was in california when it hit. Doesn't surprise me one bit.
I was 13 days without power at our home in Pearland after Hurricane Ike in 2008 and with 14 Dogs two horses and a12 year old I was not a lot of fun I was lucky enough to get a portable generator on day seven so at least we could get water we were on well and septic so no power no water.
I have been ridg around different parts of houston. Many many tree have fell onto power lines
Absolutely ridiculous!
You can go to Normandy st and woodforest there center point is useless they don’t do anything just park you want a good news go there , more than 5 days with no light.
Entergy is just as bad. Heads need to roll when this is all said and done. It’s about time we have serious conversation about moving the electric lines underground. We could experience this half a dozen more times before November. Day 6 without power here in Leggett, TX.
I have thought about the families of workers living out of trucks , probably having volunteered, worried about the safety of their loved one, in what is seeming like a very vocal entitled community, the ignored less vocal, are the ones grateful for the help they are receiving.
Imma call BS on the 800k left without power. So many people still asking when they were gonna get power.
Down in angleton and still no power here either.
When Centerpoint says they need to raise rates to improve the lines, will the politicians approve? will the citizens be ok with more rates?
You know it's coming. And nothing will get fixed.🤔
Get prepared, people. The time is NOW! The government is not going to help you, it is up to YOU!
Get yourself a medium-sized generator that will run a window-unit A/C. Keep a decent supply of gas on hand (10 gallons would last 3 days running generator sparingly). Also, have generator and space heater ready for the next ICE STORM (remember that? Did you PREPARE after that nightmare?)
When yall do your little conference find out when they are fixing nested outages. We are labeled as fixed but we arent so there is no estimate. They are making it look great for them with their little dark green map but find out how many have a nested outage and when they are getting fixed. Why not put up a pole on the website or something
Is a friendly neighbor within extension cord reach?
Ours came on at 8 pm. However, right across the street is our well for our entire neighborhood, no water still, and that side is still out:( I hope they get theirs on tomorrow. They all have small children. One mom is due any day. Prayers for all❤
A well??
Where is the Texas king? Where is Abbott
he's afraid to face the backlash
Where's gov abbott?
On vacation in Asia 🥲
Hey Abbott!!!!!!
in Asia not giving 2 fux. But they will still vote him back in. #cutoffthenosetospitetheirface
He cause the storm??
@lion-ness6016 he eatin sushi
Houston has to be the worst case scenario as it’s sprawled with many miles of cable…
Why arent they bringing in outside help.
There are reports of out-of-state help. There's a standstill because CenterPoint is unwilling to negotiate pay. Many of these lineman are staying anywhere they can because the company is not covering their stay in Texas.
Cause the elite hate us useless eaters.
Aint no way this was a category 1 hurricane
I hear ya' the damage ain't matching with storm category 😑😮💨
DEWs. Weather warfare 😔☁️
@@BabsKazit crossed my mind. I wouldn't doubt it.
It was strengthening on approach & essentially a cat 2 BUT NOTHING MORE.
Bottom line: PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF HURRICANES. (*and they increase in strength exponentially w/each raise in category 5-10 fold
Texans are pissed and i don't blame them for how they feel!
A hungry crowd is an angry crowd 😠. Bob Marley
Well, you decided that regulated utilities were a bad idea!
Power was restored to our house Saturday afternoon after being powerless Monday thru Saturday am.
Starbucks Harwin & Sam Houston Tollway finally opened Friday am.
This is a Super Starbucks with 9 employees.
I counted 14 cars in the drivethru at once.
We sat inside with excellent AC charging 6 devices for a couple of hours on Friday and Saturday at 6am.
This means that even one of the busiest Starbucks in Houston didn't open for *4 days* due to power loss from Beryl. Still without wifi.
There were 8 utility trucks parked on the tiny street next to our house. Many men in hardhats and orange vests. I waved and smiled. They waved back with serious looks on their faces.
10 minutes later, our power was on.
Still waiting on wifi to come back in the heart of the Westchase district, one of the busiest areas of Houston.
Day 7, no power. Center Point, there’s no excuse.
Then start making your contingency plan now regardless of what they're doing.
Toilet paper and toilet plungers shortage in Harris County Texas
extension cords, fans, eggs and bread is what I saw
the store still had toilet paper
Apparently Texas crap continues to be in abundance 😊
There needs to be an investigation BUT from the federal government, not from the State as it clearly will have "sympathy" for centerpoint !!
I hope this becomes a valuable lesson to power company
My dad is 89 mom 80 in Kingwood and no timetable when they will get power on 🙏 this is what centerpoint listed ‘We will continue to provide estimated restoration times as they become available’ thanks centerpoint
SO SORRY FOR THAT LADYS LOSS OF HER HUSBAND! MAY YOU ALL HAVE YOUR POWER RESTORED SOON AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES TAKEN CARE OF! !! I LIKE HOW THAT GENTLEMAN SPOKE! THANK YOU FOR BEING SO KIND W YOUR WORDS! YES ENTERGY PLEASE HAVE OUR POWER SOON! WE LIVE NORTH OF THE WOODLANDS.ITS BEEN 5 DAYS! NEVER HAVE WE HAD TO WAIT SO LONG FOR THE POWER TO BE RECOVERED!!!
Mine just went back out after 4 days with it. Im in san leon
Well, Centerpoint is cheap and most likely doesn't want to pay the out of state line workers. That's the holdup guaranteed.
I had to drive around for about an hour and a half the other day to find some ice in Pasadena
All the stores in Baytown are stocked up with ice if you still have a problem over there getting it
Look there's a record breaking hurricane comeing and its 8 days away. So, we're from Houston, we don't need supplies or a generator 😂😂😂
Looking more and more like a scandal of huge proportions.
Center Point Energy Inc is a privet company owned by Utility Holding LLC.
Yesterday the Nordic Group LLC purchase stocks in Center Point Energy Inc.
Also five days ago Allspring Global Investment Holding LLC up their stock stakes in Center Point Energy Inc.
It should be noted that these LLC are incorporated out of Delaware, unverified; these companies my be foreign entities.
There was a similar problem with electric power outages in 2021.
Why has the Texas governor not directed the state's Attorney General to investigate the above entities?
The Texas Legislators has a duty to hold hearings to determine whether public utilities held by corporations exploit and possibly hold the constituents in profits over services.
Regulations should be changed. Out of state, trees are cut away from electricity lines and poles. It’s a law. Everyone follows.. homes businesses..
When I moved here I was surprised how trees were just growing around power lines..
My prayers are with you all 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Where is abboottt?
And why hasn't Trump been done there to offer some sympathy?
We don’t have power and we waiting center point is slow
Six days so far! And no ETA!
It's getting too much mentally
it would great for anyone, anyone , to do a report on solar, all they need to do is goggle map a home with solar close by and go chat, but since its all PR and politics right now no one wants to explore whats in their faces.
and battery storage
Nursing homes without power, CP needs be held accountable when they got paid 3 million dollars and yet there are millions suffering its awful wheres hotwheels no where out of the country its bs
Geoengineering. DEWs. Weather warfare 😔☁️
Why after a disaster the news uses devastation as a backdrop? Why not in a news room?
Let the Utility company try to trim or cut trees back on someone's property and see what happens, but then when the trees go down, the electric company is to be blames for not doing tree maintenance.
Of course, no one wants to be without power in our hot humid summers, but this is nothing new.
I was out of power for eleven days after Hurricane Alicia and eight days after Ike.
Having driven around a good bit it's pretty obvious a huge factor is tree issues.
And throw in blown transformers and fuse links it's amazing any of us have power.
Just sayin.
I agree!! In my neighborhood some yards have trees with electrical lines going through them, how dumb is that?!?
Then why haven't you moved? It's only going to get worse!
Man I know I would be dead already without power for 5 days. Because I need my AC .I can't deal with the heat 😫. But I pray that those people get power real soon 🙏.
On my gosh. Here in Southwest Bellaire.😮
Don't worry Mr ABBOTT AND MR PATRICK ARE INVESTIGATING 😂
Lots of tree seems like preventing power restoration 😢 who is responsible for keeping trees trimmed before they get big enough to knock out the power lines? Property Owners or electric companies?
Electric company wouldn't cut them nor would neighbor. I cut what come across my fence. This is a good question. Seems Centerpoint or city should if it affect more than just the home owner
Here in memphis MLGW does that they hire third party tree trimmers to drive around the city. It doesn't matter if it's in your yard or not.
City is responsible for funding to help with trees , unless the funding is gone because someone pocketed it oops
a previous power company used do it every 2 to 3 years
?HL&P
Actually the utility companies ARE responsible for trimming trees that can damage power lines. Even if they are on your property.
And this wasn't even a major storm. Good grief!
It was weak?
Wishing you were on the National Grid, Texans? Our last major blackout was 2003.
Yours was much more recently.
This is for all the property owners/ homeowners to figure out
God bless you guys
Way too many of these power outages are caused from tipped over trees.
and no right-of-way maintenance
Greg Abbott and Trump should go to Houston and "lovingly" toss ice cubes at the people. But with the impending elimination of the administrative state, even that GOP "compassionate" strategy with soon come to an end. Good luck with your future, Texas!
I think politicians and news media should be charged with disturbing the piece and trying to rile up a mob. This is ridiculous that y’all are not being patient and allowing this company to do what they can to solve the problem you know and I know they are feeling the pressure and they are working towards it so stop making it worse.
Shut up
😢😮 endless problems ..God help us all 🙏🏼🫶🏼😔
What a joke
As far as the power grid map, why don't they go to the woman in charge to ask why it wasn't updated?
Naeed to go down these roads.The ones that hit the hardest vast ones they need to fix first
People at 8535 Winkler Dr still have no power manager keeping in the dark without letting tendents know the truth about all that's happening about light fix they need to care of! Not having qualified electrical personnel to fix what's needs to be fix! Total mess going on with management out here, doesn't answer phone calls for any tendents! Trying to help one another with this heat! Tendents have had about Enough with this management!
Well, if I got over 5000 light trucks coming to help them, I come, they don't get any more trucks coming them.And how come they don't get a big old building or something?And let these people without power go stay in there.Let's got power , you know
Almost home.
Instead of complaining y'all better find ways to get by. This is the new reality. 5 days without power ain`t that many days, buttercups.
Centerpointle$$
If the power is out then how do you expect them to communicate with you?
What frustrating is that i can't play my playstation 5,because I let my friend borrow it for the weekend, And won't get back until Sunday night.
From what I heard on the news on the outage map new colors, and they are calling my color “teal” which is the worse color to have. It’s say for “teal” there are NO dates when you will have power!
I been had power back
6 days my power went out monday
Ummm that's normal for a hurricane we go average 2 weeks and I've seen us go a month...yall act like yall ain't neva done this before 😮😮
You have to trim them oak trees people! They are gorgeous! However they need to be trimmed down! We've gone through this dance for so many years! Why are we acting brand new! C'mon!
Restoration still pending date?
Move back here to Chicago!
That map is as worthless as your county judge.
7 day we still no power now 77066
I live along the coast, I've plenty of water to drink n hygiene plenty of food 2 generators n gas and so on. HOPE THIS SITUATION TEACHES SOME OF YOU A LESSON! BE PREPARED! """"FEND DON'T DEPEND """"😊
end of the world, suvivalist nonsense
Hello come get the wires repair done and power on to sell gas station.Get the power in now!! 😡😡
We always said we have the best equipment off the world and smart people and just the power line we can’t get it done fast enough for the people
And they said Texas can be its own country yeah a shitty electrical one.
6 DAYS NOW
Let's get some more ppl to move to Houston.
A lawsuit needs to happen because this is the craziest thing I have ever seen and experienced being here and we have been without power for 4 days feels like 4 years. And I'm from the Caribbean and we have a better planning system than this (depending on which island). This is wild and for them to say by Sunday they will have 80% of customers back online is even Wilder. The only way to get them to budge is if everyone sues them. One massive lawsuit by the 2 nearly 3 millions that have been without power, including the ones who have died by trees, heat and drowning. Seems to be the way of how America or Texas work, not forgetting guns seems to be a big talk here more than common sense.
Smart meters 🙄
My area didn't have power for two weeks after Ike. We got our power back 2 days after Beryl. I guess it's other people's turn to wait longer.
Ike made sense it was nearly a cat 3. Beryl was barely a cat 1.
Yes, it must be my turn cause before this I was never without power for more than a day (ike included). Now they're saying they estimate I can be back up Sunday night.
What a cruel thing to say. Because you lost power, you think it’s okay for others to suffer under the blistering heat?
I will pray for you.
@@Lillypad-ix7svI didnt get that sentiment from what he said
Blame Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick! It is ultimately up to them to fix this mess, but they won't on vacation. That should tell you how much they care. They put the blame on others. Keep voting for them and nothing will change!
I remember the time when Texas was Blue, Anne Richards as Governor, LBJ and Lloyd Bentsen, 2 Democratic senators.
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