We Just Got Ours Turned On Sunday BEEN A WHOLE WEEK!. And We Are In Spring Tx By The Grace Of GOD And His Protection And Him Providing For Us Is What Kept Us Going That Long Without Power🤦🏽♀️😡💯Centerpoint Needs To Be Shut Down ASAP! Lord Help Them All And Get Their Lights On Soon!🙏🏽🕊✨️✨️
It is unacceptable for a Cat 1 hurricane. We had a Cat 4 and went without power for over 3 weeks, but a Cat 1 shouldn't have taken out so many areas of Houston. People in the north get 45 mph winds almost all winter long.
This isn't a defense of CenterPoint, nor is it a dig against them, that's for another time.... People aren't realizing it wasn't necessarily the winds for the hurricane itself, more of the MANY tornadoes it formed. We had at least two in my area alone, about an hour apart. The hurricane itself caused more widespread yet less intense damage, the tornadoes caused destruction, but in very small areas. Those are what snapped poles and toppled most of the trees.
@@Dhern0115 We had gusts to 145 for 4 hours in SW La. for Laura. We walked around the neighborhood looking at damage when the winds were down to 45. A sail boater said he saw gusts to 57 mph, which is not good, but not bad either.
So what exactly do you think should have been done? It's weather dude. Maybe the fact they have tons of trees around them didn't help. It's not anyone's fault they pay three times as everyone els to live in a flood area and have trees that never get pruned.
This was not a typical Cat 1. I have been through 40 years of hurricanes and never seen trees snapped at the trunk. You think homeowners are at higher fault than the Beryl because they kept trees around their house?! Well their tree fell on their house. Their tree killed them. It’s their fault. No! This Cat 1 hurricane had crazy winds. It was trying to form tornados.
They aren’t the only ones - I live in Terra Nova in the Spring/Klein area - Monday, the 15th was the first day that ANY linemen came into our neighborhood - Thank God for ALL those ComEd trucks from Chicago - They’ve worked incredibly hard in Terra Nova & Terra Nova West Monday & Tuesday - They’ll be back Wednesday, too - I’m from the Chicago area - So, I knew once I saw their trucks roll in that they would get us up & running Have yet to see CenterPoint Huge ‘Shout Out’ to All the ComEd employees trying to get our electricity restored! Feel free to share with WMAQ Thank you. Hope all of you made it through okay.
Can we please get an investigative journalist on Centerpoint? They didn't do preventative maintenance before the first storm a couple months ago. Then they lied and told the mayor they were prepared for Beryl. They even said customers would pay for the repairs on their damaged equipment through price hikes. Meanwhile we go without AC for almost a week each time.
@@John-bs5ug What would they get sued for? And what if each station sent investigative journalists? Centerpoint wouldn't sue every station simply because it would look like they were hiding something serious. It would be a PR nightmare for them if they sued. If that's the case maybe they can get an investigative journalist to put some pressure on the city to get answers. After all, those scumbags told the mayor they were prepared for Beryl and it turned out they simply lied to him.
THIS, I’m not hopeful of local news outlets or reporters for the reasons the comment above me mentioned however there’s other investigative journalists who I think would love to to that and make a documentary about it, holding center points feet to the fire. We didn’t get power til Saturday it’s ridiculous
Republicans in Texas made sure that the state's power grid has been deregulated and is virtually uncontrolled. It has been that way for decades. That’s why it falls apart so easily. States with oversight don’t have that kind of problem.
As long as people keep moving in and compromise. It will continue to get worse. The standard in houston has been almost lowered to south/Central American level. Which is truly what the area has become.
They cannot get to everyone at the same time. I know they are out there working. My power came back on Sunday. The crew that stopped by my street were from Chicago.
By making decision living in Texas, people should not only check the price tag on the house. They need to add on top of it possibly 50-80 grands if they want to live safe and comfortable life. Get the properly sized solar and powerwalls. Get the standby generator (I would say get a diesel one, cause sometimes you can loose gas as well like some people did during Texas freeze). With all those extra options it is still way cheaper than living in California :)
I feel that they just shut power off to encourage people to buy backup power solutions. In Ukraine for example right now people are getting power with 2/7 formula (2h online 7h offline). And all the generators, power solutions are crazy expensive in Ukraine and not easy to get. While it is still affordable, - think about it. I doubted myself couple of times if I did the proper thing by going solar and powerwalls. But after this is the 3rd time when we are loosing power for more than 3 days in my neighborhood for the last 3 years. I'd say backup power paid off in full. And also my bill is just $20.
Super unfortunate. :/ But then again, I'm under the impression--and correct me if I'm wrong--that TX has insisted on doing its own thing with power and all sorts of other situations (such as with logistics, certain taxes, and business permits) for several decades. In other words, TX has wanted to "handle itself" and do the whole "no thanks, we don't need no strangers nor government officials telling us what to do" thing for quite a while? Am I wrong? I might be wrong. Even if I'm not wrong, it doesn't change the fact that C-Point CEOs and CFOs certainly left a bloody throng of humans high and dry... and some of them are d34d because of it. :(
Rich lol it’s just people with good credit everything they own is in payments 😂 rich would be in river oaks where they actually own their big home and luxury vehicles.
We Just Got Ours Turned On Sunday BEEN A WHOLE WEEK!. And We Are In Spring Tx By The Grace Of GOD And His Protection And Him Providing For Us Is What Kept Us Going That Long Without Power🤦🏽♀️😡💯Centerpoint Needs To Be Shut Down ASAP! Lord Help Them All And Get Their Lights On Soon!🙏🏽🕊✨️✨️
I hope you are changing oil as per manual. Otherwise I feel bad about your generator.
@@arishem555 NO DUH! you must CANT READ TROLL my LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON NOW since you tryna be funny!👀💅🏽🤣🤦🏽♀️
It is unacceptable for a Cat 1 hurricane.
We had a Cat 4 and went without power for over 3 weeks, but a Cat 1 shouldn't have taken out so many areas of Houston.
People in the north get 45 mph winds almost all winter long.
This isn't a defense of CenterPoint, nor is it a dig against them, that's for another time.... People aren't realizing it wasn't necessarily the winds for the hurricane itself, more of the MANY tornadoes it formed. We had at least two in my area alone, about an hour apart. The hurricane itself caused more widespread yet less intense damage, the tornadoes caused destruction, but in very small areas. Those are what snapped poles and toppled most of the trees.
It wasn’t just 45 mph there were gusts much higher than that..
@@Dhern0115 We had gusts to 145 for 4 hours in SW La. for Laura. We walked around the neighborhood looking at damage when the winds were down to 45.
A sail boater said he saw gusts to 57 mph, which is not good, but not bad either.
So what exactly do you think should have been done? It's weather dude. Maybe the fact they have tons of trees around them didn't help. It's not anyone's fault they pay three times as everyone els to live in a flood area and have trees that never get pruned.
This was not a typical Cat 1. I have been through 40 years of hurricanes and never seen trees snapped at the trunk.
You think homeowners are at higher fault than the Beryl because they kept trees around their house?! Well their tree fell on their house. Their tree killed them. It’s their fault. No! This Cat 1 hurricane had crazy winds. It was trying to form tornados.
They aren’t the only ones - I live in Terra Nova in the Spring/Klein area - Monday, the 15th was the first day that ANY linemen came into our neighborhood - Thank God for ALL those ComEd trucks from Chicago - They’ve worked incredibly hard in Terra Nova & Terra Nova West Monday & Tuesday - They’ll be back Wednesday, too - I’m from the Chicago area - So, I knew once I saw their trucks roll in that they would get us up & running
Have yet to see CenterPoint
Huge ‘Shout Out’ to All the ComEd employees trying to get our electricity restored!
Feel free to share with WMAQ
Thank you. Hope all of you made it through okay.
Can we please get an investigative journalist on Centerpoint? They didn't do preventative maintenance before the first storm a couple months ago. Then they lied and told the mayor they were prepared for Beryl. They even said customers would pay for the repairs on their damaged equipment through price hikes. Meanwhile we go without AC for almost a week each time.
You won't get one. Television stations' fear of being sued has all but put a stop to hard hitting, long form investigative reporting.
@@John-bs5ug What would they get sued for? And what if each station sent investigative journalists? Centerpoint wouldn't sue every station simply because it would look like they were hiding something serious. It would be a PR nightmare for them if they sued. If that's the case maybe they can get an investigative journalist to put some pressure on the city to get answers. After all, those scumbags told the mayor they were prepared for Beryl and it turned out they simply lied to him.
THIS, I’m not hopeful of local news outlets or reporters for the reasons the comment above me mentioned however there’s other investigative journalists who I think would love to to that and make a documentary about it, holding center points feet to the fire. We didn’t get power til Saturday it’s ridiculous
Republicans in Texas made sure that the state's power grid has been deregulated and is virtually uncontrolled. It has been that way for decades. That’s why it falls apart so easily. States with oversight don’t have that kind of problem.
As long as people keep moving in and compromise. It will continue to get worse. The standard in houston has been almost lowered to south/Central American level. Which is truly what the area has become.
Houston has always been a toilet.
Unacceptable!
They cannot get to everyone at the same time. I know they are out there working. My power came back on Sunday. The crew that stopped by my street were from Chicago.
I bet no one will move away though
Can they afford to?
By making decision living in Texas, people should not only check the price tag on the house. They need to add on top of it possibly 50-80 grands if they want to live safe and comfortable life. Get the properly sized solar and powerwalls. Get the standby generator (I would say get a diesel one, cause sometimes you can loose gas as well like some people did during Texas freeze). With all those extra options it is still way cheaper than living in California :)
DEREGULATION HAS CONSEQUENCES
THIS people need to be made aware of this
Does Texas still have a governor?
There's this guy people keep voting in.............
You mean that spineless coward that can't stand up to energy companies?
Yes. And everything is going to plan.
We do but his priorities are getting more guns in the streets vs power poles 🤷
Yeah it’s some guy in a wheelchair who loves Israel.
I feel that they just shut power off to encourage people to buy backup power solutions. In Ukraine for example right now people are getting power with 2/7 formula (2h online 7h offline). And all the generators, power solutions are crazy expensive in Ukraine and not easy to get. While it is still affordable, - think about it. I doubted myself couple of times if I did the proper thing by going solar and powerwalls. But after this is the 3rd time when we are loosing power for more than 3 days in my neighborhood for the last 3 years. I'd say backup power paid off in full. And also my bill is just $20.
Super unfortunate. :/ But then again, I'm under the impression--and correct me if I'm wrong--that TX has insisted on doing its own thing with power and all sorts of other situations (such as with logistics, certain taxes, and business permits) for several decades. In other words, TX has wanted to "handle itself" and do the whole "no thanks, we don't need no strangers nor government officials telling us what to do" thing for quite a while? Am I wrong? I might be wrong. Even if I'm not wrong, it doesn't change the fact that C-Point CEOs and CFOs certainly left a bloody throng of humans high and dry... and some of them are d34d because of it. :(
Yup you got it right and these are the consequences but I don’t people have noticed this, there’s consequences to deregulation
I just walked 12miles in tge heat just to get some smokes and booze and im not in texas..... Texas needs to rethink they politics monopoly
😢😢😢😢
Lmfao all the rich people are upset they didnt get fixed first 😂
This dude definitely could've had his generator hooked up years ago. Failed to prepare for the area he decided to move into 🤷
Rich lol it’s just people with good credit everything they own is in payments 😂 rich would be in river oaks where they actually own their big home and luxury vehicles.
Crybabies
Don’t live in a desert