Hurricane Beryl Aftermath: 3 people die after overheating without power 

They will hide it for centerpoint. They will call it heart failure, respiratory failure, natural causes. Bet! These people lived half their lives on same powelines always paid their bill and centerpoint never updated their lines or even spent enough on maintenance! Criminal!

That is so depressing and disgusting that that happened. I feel sorry for them and their family.

So sad

Rotting flesh???

@sarscov9854 I can fathom what happened but then beg to ask was their family checking in? I know my neighbors kids who live in Katy didn't check in to their elderly parents.

Somebody gets it. Riding through various neighborhoods. Alot of trees fell, alot that was visible. Then I seen trees that tipped onto the power line in the backyards away from public view.

Stupid homeowners neglect and want to keep their huge trees just so they can fall and cause damage and make the problem worse as usual.

Electric utilities are not in the tree business and they don't plant them either. If they even suggest cutting a tree they are met with customers screaming bloody murder. People need to make a decision of the need for trees or electric power.

Call Abbott and Cruz, they have all the answers

A tell u one thing. A couple years ago I finally decided to buy real work boots. I like my running shoes. Well I looked on peer-2-peer sites. Dude was selling red wing boots. I bought them for $10. They was like new. Wear them everytime I cut grass. I was in one yard couple days ago. A tree fell on power line. I thought the line was cold. Picked up the meter jar and watched what 240volts/200amp sparks look like. Im glad I bought the redwing. They come with electrical hazard protection. I dont know what possessed me to pick-up the box.

Historically we haven't really lived this long; I believe they said 56-70 were the age ranges for deaths, so I don't know if that argument applies here

@@jacksonmckinney Also, people didn't normally live in areas that got that hot in mass numbers. At most, people who lived in those conditions were normally nomadic and moved from oasis to oasis when times called for it.

They weren't as fat back then.

it wasnt this hot back then. the global temperature is increasing every year what would have taken over 800 years to increase.

@@cerebrumexcrementwhile it may have gotten one degree hotter in our lifetimes, I must say that humidity plays a big part. I don’t remember ever feeling this hot when I was a kid, and I would play outside all summer with jeans and long sleeves to protect me from thorns and mosquitoes. I mean, Houston is coastal, but Dallas, where did the humidity come from? Sure, there are a lot more lakes now then there were a century ago, but not any more than when I was a kid. Also, my ancestors didn’t have AC till like maybe the 50s or 60s. I know houses were built different back then, with breezeways and such, but I don’t think that’s it either. There’s plenty of century old houses still around that don’t seem to cool down much. If anything, they’re worse due to the insulation and windows not keeping the heat out. I suppose people stayed cool on the porch, and sleeping with you windows open. Not really something you can do anymore.

Where is abbot?

That’s true, people should own generators and be prepared for outages. Idk why so many people choose to remain unprepared.

You can suck it boy Abbott runs a better State than Gavin Newsom of California no doubt you're a lame Democrat😂

@@jb3760 especially anyone that's lived here their entire life Houston, should know how south texas weather is, damn near half the year is Hurricane season

I relocated to Texas from Kansas, and I love this state, but... The lack of insight with our infrastructure is astounding. I have never seen trees trimmed back or taken care of ANYWHERE where I live. I had a tree I wanted trimmed (because I saw a limb was close to the powerline) and called a tree trimmer. He looked at it, and told me he wouldn't touch it because it was too close to the powerline. SO...I called Entergy twice requesting they come look at the tree, no one ever came. Fast forward three months and the limb blew off during a particularly windy day, and knocked out the power to my entire neighborhood for almost 2 days, in summer. Don't get me started about the roads being put under construction dangerously with no shoulder, no crews ever working. for YEARS. YEARS. Don't get me started on that. I know people love Texas but my god, this state needs A LOT of infrastructure work.

2021 disaster ice age apocalypse 😮

It is. It's called ERCOT

The problem this time is downed power lines not frozen power lines

It has nothing to do with the grid .. It's downed power lines from trees and winds.

Been living here for years I promise u that u don’t wanna be around Houston area some areas have weak power lines and we’re known for floods and severe storms and outages it’s very common it’s bet if u don’t get used to to that I would leave if I were u cause I for sure wanna leave my hometown

Yep this only Alphabet B storm this has happened a lot here I love Houston but now I’m getting very frustrated to live here it has become horrible

Move to the west coast. Texas is too disaster prone

@@partnerwithjee5114 The west coast appears to be on fire and low on water. People there live longer, though, so it must be less vulnerable in general.

Keep voting for for republican

​@@partnerwithjee5114Many people left Cali to move to Texas.. there are earthquakes and wildfires that happen on the West Coast.. the big one is imminent

Animals are outside pets.

So. Does he have magical powers that will make all this go away immediately? Get real.

@henlar0076 well, he sure as f**k doesn't have magic legs...

Google where he is you fool! Dan Patrick is acting governor for a reason and it was all announced. Its not a secret.

​@@panaderofilms What a nasty human being you must be in person.

​@@henlar0076way better to watch it on television from Asia

This was debunked.

​@@beetogarcia9983by who lina ?😂

@@nick-rp2do just a google search would clear things up 😂 It’s not that hard

Does she only wear those red framed glasses during storm situations?

@@jjohn713 Idk. She does a lot of odd things. She too inexperienced & too much of a drama queen for this job. Have you seen those clips of her arguing with our mayor on live TV? Or the ones in which she behaved terribly at a police officer's funeral, right in front of his family. She's a snotty little 15yr old with "queen bee rich-girl" complex, trapped in a 30-something year old woman's body.

They can't money launder billions after the future storms if they fix it right.

Because it's cost money and the governor doesn't in infrastructure😊

I MY COUNTRY WE HAVE ALL CABLES UNDERGROUND

@@jackiecordova1079 well I am sure you don't live in Texas.... Texas doesn't believe in infrastructure and for being Rich State it looks like 3rd world country

​@@jackiecordova1079What country are you in? I have. read articles of why they don't do that in US. It has to do with the flow of the current not working properly underground. I'm just entering this subject and would love to know more about the electric in your country.

He's in Southeast Asia on a business trip 🤷‍♂️

A state emergency was declared before the storm hit. TDEM was already on scene the day before Beryl made landfall.

Was declared 2 days before the storm made landfall. Try again.

'I declare...There is an Emergency Declaration from Hurricanes Alberto and Beryl Only a month later. I declare. .I declare.

Uh, being poor means they lack the amenities to protect themselves from the elements. If they have to travel for food and water, that's exertion. They are least likely to have generators to power their homes, as well.

@@KtotheG LOL!!! Your post makes no sense.

@@GregLakatosChradm Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit

@@KtotheG That's like saying victimhood is your strong suit.

@@GregLakatosChradm Except I'm not portraying myself to be a victim... you have clearly demonstrated that you lack the capacity to understand what you've read.

This is a local problem. Where is the Democrat mayor and the Democrat city leaders?

Governor is supposed to govern

@@Macarena22279 I am fairly certain that governing includes delegating.

@@mamalor13 and not hiding across the sea... Nice try though

@@mamalor13 they are there they're hiding in another country so stop lying 🤥

uh, trees?

@@joeblow123 how cute, you really are that simple

​@@christianwolf68 nah that's actually one of the key factors because to be completely honest the soil in the houston area is more like clay so instead of the trees roots going farther down it just expands on the first level making it easy for them to fall down in heavy storms because most ,all the power line damages where done by trees falling on them there's more to the power crisis but the trees do play a part in this problem we face

​@anthonygonzalez9633 a logical answer to an ignorant comment

Weak storm. Armchair Meteorologist. 1) Houston got hit by the dirty side of the storm. 2) 200+ reports of Tornado warnings during this storm. 3) We had a drought last year that shifted the ground and impacted the roots, then we get more rain this year and it settles more and then you get hit by this storm. 4) Grid was bad, but when trees fall, who do you blame. A lot of super tall trees that weren't trimmed caused these issues.

stupidity seems reign supreme here in Texas....underground utilities or weatherized anything is off the table because it won't make the power companies or municipalities money NOW, even though it could save money down the road...shortsighted dumbassery from all involved.

True.

Well it floods in Houston

I have always wondered why they do that. I stumbled across an article recently that explained that putting the electrical lines underground, the electricity doen't flow right. You actually lose parts of your energy.

We're below sea level, genius. Makes it much less feasible and worthwhile.

Duh?

Some depend too much on the govt. """FEND DON'T DEPEND """

@@CZAR-OF-SARCAZM That's the biggest scam of all. Destroy the government from the inside then claim "government bad" to get support to further defund it.

Texas

Why fix anything when you can keep all the profits and do the bare minimum upkeep?

People need to get real. After Katrina we did not have power for 1 entire month. These people have no idea

Why did she refuse

@@partnerwithjee5114that was a lie but yall believe anything.

She'll get another raise and huge bonus before she's never held accountable.

Not the governor?... He is supposed to govern

Well step one, we'd stop sending our resources to US Federal concerns.

So basically u sayin they BEEN trash ….state can’t handle the cold can’t handle the heat can’t handle a cat 1 hurricane……Houston leaders are garbage nd u for defending them

It's hotter than ever and earlier than ever. With Harvey, the temperatures were hot but in the 70s for several days. This is early summer.

How you going to remove trees fron people's property?

Back asswards texas

Some of these people are too weak to move. I felt it Wednesday night. My apt read 92 degrees at 10pm. I was too tired to move and just slept. Luckily I’m an active man in my 30s. But it did make me think of the elder people that are 60+ and dealing with this BS

Your a real company man aren’t you most of these ppl commenting like this are not even experiencing this hell

yes heat exhaustion causes fatigue

@@r.hughes5737 facts !

@@PoyTroy *reads every other comment * Mind blown 🤯

Doom and gloom!

It feels like 110 outside

No…they knew it was coming nd did not prepare..ordered 2,000 extra workers nd switched to 12,000 after it hit…aka ddnt take shtt seriously….funny how I never hear about this from other hot states 😂😂Houston jus trash n money hungry

Nd who gon pay for tht

Some people don’t have the funds or transportation & not all businesses nearby were open due to no power. A lot of hotels were fully booked or price gouging. I camped inside my truck with the a/c on & went looking for businesses that were open to rest my truck & walk around to cool in. I get you but we don’t know this persons circumstances. No one deserves this even if they weren’t prepared.

That statement is a complete stretch, has nothing to do with this situation, and is placing blame on the wrong person.

This has to do with trees falling on lines and power line issues from hurricane wind. Nothing to do with the grid.