Go ask the contractor crews “from 1-10, how well have these right off ways been maintained? “. Periodic maintenance and tree trimming can greatly reduce this damage impact. Ask them, see what they say.
Centerpoints response is hilarious. FPL in Florida restored 92% of their 2.1 million customers without power within 5 days after Ian made landfall. For reference Ian was about 3-4x larger than Beryl and made landfall as much more destructive Category 4 hurricane. My house in Deep Creek was practically gone but we had power back in 4 days, about 5 miles south of where the eyewall made landfall.
It’s possible because the staging they claim to be doing with the center point workers from out of state, they admitted they didn’t do. Also, the workers they brought out for both, restoring power lines and clearing vegetation, were sitting around for most of the day waiting for their assignments (something workers themselves have complained about). And also because, the VP at center point said they didn’t expect the damage to be what it was, although the news said it would be what it was over and over.
It is possible because right of ways we’re not periodically maintained as well as they could have been. An adjacent right of way to my property has been overgrown for years. Now they clean it up, but just enough to be able to re energize the distribution circuits. It is lower cost to perform maintenance on a planned basis than in emergency situation. Much easier to trim trees in winter than summer, in Texas.
@@DIYJim-wx6hq , the people to contact if the trees aren’t being cut back is the Public Utility Commission of Texas, if the electric company isn’t doing their job right, it should be reported. People can report such a problem. I live around south east Texas and I sent in pictures and reported the brush on the lines over here. On a side note, I’ve seen plenty of pictures and video that show poles broke in half that aren’t anywhere near trees. Downed lines on the street and on peoples homes. Like I stated in my original post, there is a lot of “cleaning up” to do before getting the power back on.
It's possible because they charge you 300$ in bill, and they only spend 16$ per bill on maintenance and repair. They pocket the rest of money. CEO of center point makes a lot of money!!! They pay lots of money to already rich investors. Then they blame the federal government when we know the Texas grid is independent of rest of nation. When it's too cold we freeze to ☠️ and when it's too hot we boil to ☠️.
Houston and south east Texas resembles the vibe Louisiana and Florida, while North Texas vibes is a half breed of Texan culture with a splash of Oklahoma, two completely different worlds, however l feel the quality of life is better in North Texas.
@@tx_7134being a native Houstonian and a retired 38 yer HPD officer, I think things are a whole lot cleaner and less crime in Dallas. Furthermore, my daughter just got finished graduating law school in Ft. Worth at A&M and I’ve told her she would be wise to establish herself by living in Dallas. Houston probably has a friendlier vibe and is very accommodating and welcoming, IMO, but I think the quality of life is better in Dallas
Gee, it's almost like privatizing all your public infrastructure and getting rid of all the regulatory bodies that ensure a stable power grid was a bad idea! 😂
It boggles my mind that so many people imagine that a direct hit hurricane that destroyed the grid and knocked out millions of customers should take a few days to fix. Then, to top it off, many imagine that it's all corruption and people should go to jail. What an incredible sense of entitlement these people have!
yea cause its only 2024....America has become a 3rd world country on purpose.. Cali cant get power on.. Tx cant keep power on.. its 2024.. Hurricanes must be new. Send in the police to arrest the heat...Order out of chaos. How many freemasons in Htown?
Ma'am.... have you ventured to look outside and see the carnage that was caused by the storm? Vent at your version of God and ask him/her/it why did they do this to you.
No, they are nowhere near the lowest rates. Texas ranks #25 in this 2024 report, right in the middle. State Rate $/kwh North Dakota 10.5 Nebraska 10.72 Utah 10.99 Louisiana 11.25 Idaho 11.26 Oklahoma 11.3 Washington 11.4 Missouri 11.43 Wyoming 11.47 South Dakota 11.79 Arkansas 11.89 Montana 11.96 Tennessee 11.98 Iowa 12.15 Kentucky 12.48 Georgia 12.95 Mississippi 13.19 Kansas 13.74 Virginia 13.97 West Virginia 13.98 Indiana 14.11 New Mexico 14.14 South Carolina 14.21 Oregon 14.23 Texas 14.31 Minnesota 14.36 Arizona 14.46 Colorado 14.47 Alabama 14.98 North Carolina 15.1 Florida 15.28 Illinois 15.72 Delaware 15.73 Ohio 15.77 Nevada 16.69 Wisconsin 16.93 Pennsylvania 17.02 District of Columbia 17.1 Maryland 17.6 New Jersey 17.69 Michigan 18.57 Vermont 21.22 Alaska 22.88 New Hampshire 23.76 New York 24.23 Maine 24.95 Massachusetts 29.25 Connecticut 29.52 Rhode Island 30.97 California 31.23 Hawaii 43.93
Call Gov Abbott’s ofc. Be respectful but tell them your suffering and also what you need. And just saying “need power” is not helpful. Need ice, need water, need cooked food, need pantry food, need medication replaced and you have no money, need hotels paid for, need a full time evacuation center with AC and meals. Need help from national guard to help with debris removal to lighten load on power company and to help with elderly to take load off fire dept. Realistic things a Governor can authorize and get done.
@@bryanx590 Louisiana and Arkansas are still without power in some locations. Follow Beryls path and you’ll find all those states still without power - even NY and Vermont.
@@justmyopinion6486 , this is the year 2024 and most want it done yesterday. It’s insane. The residents had weeks to prepare too, people have become so domesticated they have forgotten proper survival skills.
In what way? If you mean as far as why the power is out, I disagree. This is much worse. Ike pulled up trees but they didn’t fall and bring down the power lines like Beryl did.
@@MrCalverino again I provided the measurements of the aftermath. People will be out of power for about the same amount of time now, unfortunately. Drive around the city and you’ll see more power lines are down than ever before. It’s going to take a while to address this mess Beryl left. Right now is the perfect situation for those benefits of all affected getting up to $1500 in SNAP like they did with Harvey.
That lady don’t know nothing of power line work. Mam how in the heck is that local light company in Houston has to get all contractor company’s together when it’s safe they release tickets out and we get to work fix now. Every ticket is a pole change out phases line bad it takes time. So shut up respect the workers and it’s a natural disaster live with it. Go somewhere else
It never took this long before, unfortunately, CenterPoint’s dragging their feet. CenterPoint employees from out of town have been complaining about long waiting times for them to be assigned jobs. Something about it wage disputes.
@@FuchsiaFire444 , it took nine days for me out on the east coast during the year 2005. There is a lot of cleanup that needs to be done. Maybe the citizens of Houston should go out and help clean up.
