Read up and find out who's to blame sir. The Texas Utility Worker union are no allowing outside sources to help in restoring power. Why do you suppose the CenterPoint workers are being threatened with AK-47's by some Houstonians?
@@rogerbec5766 I didn’t know that about the union. Linemen don’t look at their profession as a job, it’s a career. So I imagine they do want to try and protect that (right or wrong). The threats by Houstonians with AK-47s is just part of the sick American gun culture. Seems like it’s the new hammer, and everyone’s a nail.
@@MM-sf3rl This has never happen before. Houston has had hurricanes before and they would be up and running withing 4 days at max. As to Houstonians being sick with American gun culture, just imagine if the grid had been hacked indefinitely.
7 day and 7 hours mine is finally back on thank you Jesus thank you out of state workers for all your help including Louisiana Arkansas Alabama and any one else I might have missed
Hell, the Derecho that came here back in May? My friends didn’t have power for a week. This is not Centerpoint’s first mistake or fumble. I feel that once people get power back a lot of them just kinda forget about it.
He blamed green power sources for being unable to function, when of course it was the natural gas that lost pressure because of the cold. Also fun to note, TX increased green energy sources by 60% over the next two years.
Yeah, I was out for 3 weeks during Ike. Im also not going to place the blame on anybody except myself if I'm not prepared for storm season. Houston sounds like a bunch of whiners to the rest of the nation.
And in breaking news, Governor Greg Abbott has just agreed to accept another $20,000 a month from CenterPoint Energy for shutting his yap. For now, that is.
Texas approach to power grid is laughable - it seems only consideration in designing and maintaining it is maximizing company profits . Even 3rd world countries would have dealt better with such situation than Texas does.
It certainly places the customers without power in a difficult position. As a retired utility engineer (40yrs) I've packed my bags and been on more storms than I can count and spent weeks at a time working away from home. A message for Center Point - You get judged most when things are worst. CP needs to weigh that in every decision they make about how they build and maintain their system.
So a week without power after being hit by a strengthening hurricane that took the worst path isn't normal? 1.8 million people got their power back in a week. That's actually kinda impressive considering how bad it could have been.
Good. Centerpoint needs to face consequences. They’ve done Houston and surrounding area not much good., Too many people are still without power and that should not be. These poles and transformers should have been tested and checked before the hurricane season. Why weren’t they?
I'm sure every state is different and may handle things differently. Unfortunately, regardless of how things are handled, the one common thing is that hurricanes always create wide spread power outages. Living in South Florida, my heart goes out to those affected. As someone who has gone through MANY hurricanes and has experienced many power outages, some for 2 to 4 weeks, in the worst heat, with nearly 100% humidity, you can't just lay all of the blame on the power company. I'm not saying they are blameless, but there are a lot of issues and road blocks (both literally and figuratively) to getting power restored. Too many to detail, but one of the biggest priorities is getting power back to hospitals. How do I know this? Because my neighbor accross the street is on the same line as the hospital. While it's infuriating to see they have power, and a week later, I still don't, I understand that it is not as simple as the power company coming over 1 street and flipping a switch to turn on my power. There could be downed lines, poles, debris, trees, etc. way on down the line that I can't see, plus, I'm not the priority- the next hospital is. I'm not here to argue, and you may have an actual legitimate reason to be upset at the power company, but don't think everyone should get power back at the same time in a couple of days after a storm with such wide spread outages. However you feel about your power company, the most important thing to do is not take frustrations out on the workers out in the field trying to restore your power. What they are doing is not only dangerous, but many are working 10-16 hrs in the heat to get your power back on. These people are heroes. The last time I was without power for over a week, I drove around with a sign saying "Thank you" and would hold it up every time I drove past a power crew. Why? Because even though we had thousands of people from FPL and those that drove from other states' power companies, people were taking their frustrations out on these workers. Even though we saw all the convoys of power company trucks from all over the country, people still thought it wasn't enough and gave these people a hard time.
Imagine HOW MUCH WORSE it would have been if they DIDN'T fix the mosquito problem! SEE WHAT YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED!!! If you lived in Texas before all of this you know mosquitoes we're a huge problem I can't people inside. . . You didn't even notice that all the mosquitoes were gone. . . 💀
It is NOT just "still in the dark", it is also no cooling in the midst of a heat wave! It is not just inconvenience but a health hazard and disruption of day to day business!
I live in Holland MI; the last couple of years our electrical lines were being moved underground and thankfully my block was included in the first wave. Currently we’re on the tail end of a derecho that just came across the lake and our lights flickered, but no problem so far. I’ve been wanting a generator for a few years now, maybe the flicker is enough because that’s coming from another place. I feel so bad for the people affected by this weather. It’s not right, enforcement must be effective to work properly.
@@theirmom4723 oh yeah there’s plenty all over, but the city is also installing WiFi cables all over, so the electrical lines are going down at the same time. The city believes it will take two years for the project to be completed.
Centerpoint ceo 30 millon. If everyone in the US arguing about stupid all the time not paying attention to things going on. Its the storms fault not a persons.
Hey all.....we had 7 tornados last night in Chicago. I had 80+ mph winds in my neighborhood and a tornado 1 mile away and the power didn't even flicker. Those who lost power due to downed trees will have their power back on by the end of day. And, our electric bills are way cheaper too. WTF?
@@MM-sf3rl regardless of that I would say never rely on anyone in government to help you democrats or republicans they don’t really care if there not affected and most of the time they won’t be.
I don't care what you want to say my opinion all the negativity and the verse in the world then you got these Congress people write arguing with the left goes to show you they need to work together have some kind of protocol for all this my TV keep messing up and it's affecting what bank security stop arguing with each other and they should have some don't let these nobody come back on here and say oh it's fixed now and let it be gone but just go to show you how simple something can happen in the world why the United States supposed to be the greatest place something can happen just didn't happen on, it's something as simple as turning my TV it keep going to the same station taking a long time for something to when I'm hit the button I don't care what nobody said this is just not no fluke this is my opinion
What the hell would you like the governor to do?? Bunch of complainers with no solutions as usual. I love htown but being a Democrat run city I don't know what you expect. You get what you vote for 😅
She doesn't have power, but her son's tablet works and she's sitting in a car with the power of over two hundred horses talking into a mobile device. But she doesn't have power.
