What a shame the government has all the power over citizens (taxes, fees, 💰 🤑 ) but no power to speed this essential service. Wtf!

@kanank13

25 күн бұрын

how about people being realtistic and practical ? No company can restore a massive disaster related destruction quickly within a few days. so much material and human labor is needed.

@mopthermopther

25 күн бұрын

@@kanank13 people like to complain

@mocheeks709

25 күн бұрын

Texas is not hooked up to the National power grid, so they can avoid federal regulations, how's that working out for you and your antiquated 19th century power grid.

@sadiepooh3479

25 күн бұрын

How about the workers being there and not allowed to do the work because the Company doesn't want to pay?! No declaration of a disaster, so Center point doesn't want to pay! It's their fault at this point!

@sadiepooh3479

25 күн бұрын

​@@kanank13Parts of neighborhoods have power and those just down the street doesn't! How does that happen? Please!!

This report does not come near the issues that are of real interest like:(1) does the grid have enough power from the generating stations, (2) is the current equipment adequate for the demand (3) is the grid properly designed for today's needs (4) is there investment in new plants and other electrical systems, (5) is the Texas isolated power system still a good way to go in the 21st century? etc, etc. The video is dancing around the real issues and nobody dares talk the truth..

@sadiepooh3479

25 күн бұрын

Exactly!

@pindapoy1596

25 күн бұрын

@@sadiepooh3479 Thank you from an electrical engineer

@DebraJohnson

25 күн бұрын

Because the grid wasn’t the issue with this storm. It was damage to the infrastructure.

All this from Cat 1 storm.

@ledwallet1944

25 күн бұрын

I'm from southern Alabama (south of interstate 10) and have been without electricity from cat 1 storms more than higher storms. What it really depends on is the weather before and during the storm. In 2018 we were out for 3-4 days from a tropical storm. Ground was wet from previous rain, the storm was a slow mover and dropped wore rain etc... This contributed to a lot of trees coming down and tearing up the grid. Crews will not come in to repair until the storm passes so you have to wait for them too.

@sadiepooh3479

25 күн бұрын

Right?!?

@AJXOXO-vz1pn

25 күн бұрын

A Cat 1 storm,. The weakest of the hurricane storms. Imagine what would’ve happened if there was a Cat 5 storm.

@sadiepooh3479

25 күн бұрын

@@AJXOXO-vz1pn My thoughts exactly! I guess they're holding out so we can keep buying generators, window AC units and batteries! Empty our pockets into theirs!!😡

@Jason-..-

25 күн бұрын

A cat 1 hurricane is no joke. It is the strongest storm on the planet apart from bigger hurricanes

You would think Houston would be more prepared since Harvey

@DeanTX

25 күн бұрын

Harvey was only rain, we havent had windstorm damage like this in 16 years, and Centerpoint deffered maintenance on the infrastructure to save money and write bonus checks to the CEO this whole time.... They can't even get an outage tracker up and running.... it has been down since May....

@busyjaymz

25 күн бұрын

Power outages weren’t as big a problem in Harvey as it was in Ike and more recently the ice storms and mysterious “derechos”. With that said, centerpoint should’ve been better prepared.

@jtpalooki7757

25 күн бұрын

Why should they, there is nothing mandating them bringing the grid into the 21st century! 90% of the state is like this.. And has anyone heard from the governor lately? Seems he is more concerned about illegals than he is about tax paying citizens!

@theevermind

25 күн бұрын

The current people in charge funnel money to their buddies rather than spending it on infrastructure. The county does not maintain its equipment. They won't even hire a plumber to maintain their buildings. Houston & Harris County perpetually learn the wrong lessons. For example, with Harvey, it was flooding, and they learned to snag fed money. Preventing the electric system from failing after every mild weather situation is not something they ever learned. I think a big part of it is hoping individuals pay for infrastructure themselves, like buying generators. Then, the govt will ignore the problem so they can keep giving money to their political allies.

@AJXOXO-vz1pn

25 күн бұрын

All that preparedness talk is just BS lip service to trick people into thinking things are being done to prevent these things from happening.

Want to know the real problem? We haven't had a severe windstorm in 16 years, and thats how long it has been that they have not been trimming trees, upgrading above ground infrastructure ect. But Centerpoint Energy CEO got paid over 35 million last year, so.... all those bonuses for saving money by deferring maintenance.... all good, right?

@busyjaymz

25 күн бұрын

You stated the fact, friend. I grew up in heavily forested parts of the country and the power just didn’t drop from windstorms, ice storms or squirrels biting transformers or wtf-ever they tell us down here. They got paid up front and can pass emergency costs to the consumer and taxpayer. It’s not in their interest to “maintain”

@darrtrubb

25 күн бұрын

Reminds me of Florida.

@cobra-mn745

25 күн бұрын

the funny part is that CEO probably doesn't even get his electric power from the same company

@michaelshrader5139

25 күн бұрын

And far too many new people have moved here since Ike in 2008.... More people is not better! Read up on the Law of Diminishing Return.

I seen a truck today on my street on day 4 but it was for phone company man I’m about to blow a fuse i can’t take another day of this heat

"Beryl was a category 1 with 90 mile an hour winds" Odd, the Nat'l Hurricane Center said it was 80 mph. Obviously, it has gusts above that, but we don't use those as a measurement. And that was the MAX, not the actual winds across the storm. And it was when it hit, but the winds decrease as it moves inland. Lots of poles were breaking on the north side of Houston, and the winds at those spots were probably only in the 30s, e.g., not even tropical storm strength. I firmly believe the failures Houston were the result of poor maintenance, not unprecedented weather. Harris County should focus on maintaining infrastructure instead of hiring "lactation experts" and other paying other scams that benefit the buddies of Lina Hidalgo.

We also learned in 2021 that Ted Cruz will take a foreign vacation when his state is in crisis. Such a great leader. 🤮🤮🤮

@3dtexan890

25 күн бұрын

What about Abbott, right now? Where the hell is he? Don't blame this on CRUZ!

@kanank13

25 күн бұрын

come on , that has no relevence here. it does matter if Ted had stayed in Texas or went somehere. do you think eveyrthing would have been fixed in a jiff if he had stayed put in Texas? don't indulge in cheap political scapegoating.

@kanank13

25 күн бұрын

@@3dtexan890 do you think Abbot is the problem? You think Abbot is taking a break from fixing the electrical system and drinking beer soemwhere in some bar?

@damiantoth8577

25 күн бұрын

Do you need a law written or a senate hearing be held? Because, as a senator, that is all he could do.

@kimberlynroberts7059

24 күн бұрын

Yeah he's in Asia. ​@kanank13

So wonderful to see that in an area known for tornadoes and hurricanes they keep rebuilding infrastructure that cannot withstand wind...meanwhile in Boston their lines are buried underground...hmmmmm

21st century, 3rd world problems.

@southernwind5660

25 күн бұрын

So true!

I'm surprised people aren't moving out of Houston in droves, or perhaps they can't afford to!

@MISSAPRILx3

25 күн бұрын

It's more expensive elsewhere and we have no state taxes

Ike in 2008 was a strong Cat 3 storm when it went across Houston and it didn't do nearly this much damage! If the area cant even handle a Cat 1 storm now, whats going to happen when another strong Cat 3 or greater storm strikes this area? Better think about it!

Please fix the electricity tomorrow please we want light!

Put. The powerrlines. UNDERGROUND!

NW Houston....elec utility trucks are sitting for hours in their staging areas. ??? When you call Ctr pnt. They hang up on you when you are just looking for an ETA. Miss a bill pay for a day or two and watch what happens. Corrupt business in corrupt H town.

@pmp631

25 күн бұрын

H town is now bankrupt from the years of the sanctuary city elites mis managing,-- example Lina Hidalgo.....what a mess

@MISSAPRILx3

25 күн бұрын

The trucks can't move until they're told to move. Blame whoever is above them

Centerpoint Energy spends the least on removing vegetation around power lines, its the #1 issue on why a million plus are without power

So much for EVs

@VoteForBukele

25 күн бұрын

You misspelled Michael.

I’m in the middle of this mess, 2million service drops out.. people it will take time to fix. Texas being off the national grid has nothing to do with this issue. It’s a local one

Women's don't need a man z indefinitely

Texas “We want our own power grid! F the government!” Also Texas “Where is the government at a time like this!??!”

@coleengoodell7523

25 күн бұрын

Yep. After the freeze situation, we in Louisiana saw a new charge on our power bills that would be monthly and costly to each and every customer here. It was to pay for the improvements to the Texas! power situation and the loses they'd incurred. I was FN furious! They don't want to join us, but they want us to pay for their problems. Nope.

@deusbeowulf6039

25 күн бұрын

@@coleengoodell7523 Yea, does not make any sense. Deal with your own state issues if you can't play nice with others lol.

@laylaemoody

25 күн бұрын

Umm, we didn't get a vote in wanting our own power grid so educate yourself!

When the wind blows it knocks down trees which knocked down power lines This is not a new thing

I live in Houston and there were also lots of trees that fell on power lines, causing them to break.

Buy a generator and you don't have to worry about things like this

@jaklinhyde

25 күн бұрын

I wonder how the ppl with solar panels fairing

@racebannon96

25 күн бұрын

Until you run out of gasoline

@datguyomglol

25 күн бұрын

When most people talk about generators down here they are talking about the ones hooked up to the houses natural gas line. The small petrol powered ones can’t run an entire house.

@MISSAPRILx3

25 күн бұрын

Many Americans live paycheck to paycheck and don't have money to keep buying fuel

Looks like a lot of trucks sitting in a parking lot that should be out working. Perhaps it's a labor shortage. Lot's of trucks, no workers.

@justmejenny7986

25 күн бұрын

Still shortage of workers everywhere. Instead of immigrants being detained; vet them and get them into the workforce. We need police officers, military, teachers, nurses. Train them.

@MISSAPRILx3

25 күн бұрын

​​@@justmejenny7986no illegals are being detained. They come over here and we ask them where they want to go and we take them to their destination. They get free money and hotels...

Clearly, Texans aren’t accustomed to dealing with hurricane aftermath. I lived in Florida for 27 years (Tampa Bay) and remember some years ago going without electricity for 5 days after receiving a glance blow from a hurricane. It was absolutely miserable and frustrating. It also got me thinking. I had to sit down and think that if just a glancing blow from a hurricane could result in such misery, what would we be facing from a direct hit from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane, which is now the new norm for hurricanes in the climate change era. Fast forward to today and I am now living once again in New England as of a week and a half ago. People living in hurricane prone areas today are going to have to make similar decisions or face the type of destruction that Hurricanes Maria and Katrina wrought on Puerto Rico and New Orleans respectively.

Commercials plumbers and the suffering electricity

people are DYING (loud hysterical voice)

Another misdirected sensational journalism. When trees fall and known down power lines to an area, it does not matter what Power Grid is. It is a distribution and tributary problem, not Power Grid. It is different from reduced capability to generate and deliver power due to freeze or otherwise; when grid system play roles.

It is 2 million, not one million customers

renew DL ,waiting three months or more. In TX things seem slow to government point of view.

If you have Tesla car in Texas you need Tesla roof too

Maybe they should bury the power lines so many don’t go down

Unique is a nice way to say it.

Things are definitely not going to get better for the next storm. We also refuse to change our ways of polluting the environment. It’s going to be the new normal.

It seems to me the higher ups still haven't learned yet what happened after Ike and the snow storm just because we don't get major storms often as Florida and Louisiana doesn't mean we aren't also exempt from those issues as well Getting blackouts from a regular thunderstorm giving out devastating upcoming big storms problems 😡

"unique" electrical grid..

Both Hurricane Irma and Ian 11 days for us with no power in Florida. I lost my house during Ian and still forced to pay mortgage too

Here's a novel idea. A natural disaster occurs and is usually predicted to happen annually. How about preparing for it? Either you hunker down and have what you need to survive or evacuate.

Hopefully everyone was able to stock up on voltage to power all there electric cars and fridges..... cause we cant use gas powered equipment in a few years....

There's no such thing as a climate reporter.

Put power generators at libraries so next time people can get comm up faster

I wish I would give this video a thumbs 👍. It didn't nearly touch on the real issues!!! Cover up!!!

Texas "unique" = SPED

Pipes frozen solid

@todddanforth8853

25 күн бұрын

Call Ted Cruz!!!

Sorry people. BUT …. How long has people say prepare for power outages. I was out of power for a week cause of wildfires. You have to take care of yourself. Don’t rely on someone to help you. Get a generator or some Solor panels Be prepared. In this day and age we reply on electricity for everything, so why would you not be prepared?

All doubletalk!

You get what you vote for! 🤔

OK, now lets recharge all those electric cars who's batteries died.. um.. uh...

@VoteForBukele

25 күн бұрын

You need Ritalin.

Trees

Guys...it was one debate. He's old. You're sounding agist. Harris is also well-qualified; vote for Biden and, worst case, you'll get his whole team and Harris. Vote Blue all the way to ensure that the third and fourth in line for the presidency are all Democrats!

Lord shaking up the whole world.😮

So the citizens there didn't learn their lesson from the Polar Vortex🤦🏽‍♂️

@pindapoy1596

25 күн бұрын

@40acresandatractor The power of monopolies against citizens. Citizens have nothing to say.

@40acresandatractor

25 күн бұрын

@@pindapoy1596 You don't have to tell me, I'm Black American🤷🏽‍♂️

@ledwallet1944

25 күн бұрын

@@40acresandatractor No your not! You're a victim!!!

@40acresandatractor

25 күн бұрын

@@ledwallet1944 Says the no face coward account🫡 Can't make this ish up🤣🤣

@pindapoy1596

25 күн бұрын

@@40acresandatractor I answered in general, I do not care about skin color but I respect everybody without exception.

I’m sitting here without power for 5 days I’m hot its horrible it’s like 100 degrees