People who think Houstonians are just complaining don't understand how much we pay for electricity and everything else. We are not wrong to expect services that we OVER-pay for.

@XCBen

Ай бұрын

Chill out dude. I was without power for a month after Wilma in the middle of the summer. They can't move that fast ti fix these things. They are working really hard every single day to do so. Plus they got other companies from our if state helping too. Ya'll are so inconsiderate. They can't work magic. It's the way the electrical system is set up.

@kitkatthebobcat6556

Ай бұрын

Nobody thinks that they are complaining?? They literally have a heat advisory. The higher ups of texas have no accountability.

@chrisgast

26 күн бұрын

You're saying you're the only ones overpaying for electricity? Trying getting a generator and know how to safely operate it.

@abrahamroberts2040

26 күн бұрын

@chrisgast please know what you're talking about if you're going to rebut me. Thats not even what i said. Not everyone can have generators where they live due to regulations. We pay for electricity and shouldn't have to wait excessively in dangerous temperatures for the people who rob us monthly to do what they promised to do.

CENTERPOINT you got BLOOD on your hands!!!! She needed her power!!!

This is not ok.

This is CRIMINAL!!!!! Shame on everyone in charge. The way this crisis was handled must not go without accountability!

@user-vj9kp8sn4y

Ай бұрын

Where is Ted Cruz he the senator of Texas my opinion

@Scarface2295OG

Ай бұрын

Same thing happened two winters ago, most of texas was without power and a lot of people died. Not safe anytime of year in texas.

@lanejohnson752

Ай бұрын

​@@user-vj9kp8sn4yAbbott supposedly left the country. 😮

@arthurfoyt6727

Ай бұрын

It's CRIMINAL! The neighbors did not help? The neighbors did not bring her ice or share?

@danasmith858

Ай бұрын

It's a hurricane, you have to expect to be without power for a week. A de

So sad that people are losing their lives for lack of power in the extreme heat especially the disabled and elderly. Condolences to the family .May she RIP ! 🙏🌹

@Fat12219

21 күн бұрын

😢

I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY DID NOT SET UP DISASTER STATIONS FOR THE ELDERLY, AND DISABLED!!!! WHY WAS HAS THIS CITY DONE NOTHING TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE !!! WHY !!!! Disabled, and elderly should have been transported to a safe spot !! THIS IS INHUMANE!!!! They knew fdaya before the hurricane hit and they should have been prepared!

@greenteadoll2384

Ай бұрын

especially if they pay a HOA, where are they, what do they do

@TooReal2025

Ай бұрын

@@greenteadoll2384 this is horrible

This poor woman must have been scared and what is she expected to do?? This is wrong.

@mattbosley3531

Ай бұрын

Oh, I don't know. Call for help? Go to a church or a senior center where they do have power and air conditioning? Go to a mall? If she doesn't have transportation get help from a neighbor who does? There are lots of things that an adult can do to keep themselves alive. If you don't have a working phone knock on the neighbor's door or the office door. Me, I'm a senior and I have portable solar panels and backup batteries I keep charged so if the power goes out I can at least call for help.

@ArielGibson757

Ай бұрын

@@mattbosley3531 She was immobile and maybe her family are deceased . Back up is smart though .

@dream2be611

Ай бұрын

I found out months after, that a women 6 houses down died at 92, alone hiding under her bed. She was a Jewish Holocaust survivor.. I cried so much, and wish I had known. I can't help but think of her when I drive past that house. 😢 God bless the elderly in this world.

My condolences to all who mourn this poor woman. Another life lost to negligence.

@Fat12219

21 күн бұрын

Sad😢

How is it that, every month the public pay Centerpoint but when its a life and death situation they can’t seem to have the man power to restore service. Smdh

@musicalADD_theband

Ай бұрын

They had linemen from out of state come in to help, but apparently some weren’t able to do anything because they came from Union states and their union reps were asking for a pay rate that was too high and couldn’t come to an agreement with centerpoint. Houston suburbs are growing fast. Energy infrastructure is some of the slowest to develop in the US because it’s the industry that has the heaviest burden of necessary permits/registrations/regulations/restrictions through every step. If it wasn’t for the bureaucratic process required for our energy development, we would have much lower energy prices and an infrastructure that would be much more reliable.

@tim3172

Ай бұрын

Check and see how much of the money you pay goes to the Republican leadership of your state.

Do you have any idea how much even a cheap generator costs? Some people barely pay rent, utilities, insurance, car pymts.,, gas, groceries, prescriptions........

@junedeike6144

Ай бұрын

Especially today with the high prices.

@PatrickBaptist

Ай бұрын

Well people need to learn to live within their means, I haven't had a car payment in 14 years, if I can do it you can too. Insurance, ah I let that one slide... And well people and their legal dope addictions are just that, addicts, gotta make up your mind if you want electricity or pay the dope dealer...

@Lily-wp8ol

Ай бұрын

@PatrickBaptist An irresponsible person without car insurance, drivers license ran a light, totalled my car, and almost took me out a few years ago. Guess who got to pay for all that? MY insurance company and myself. You know nothing about me and your comments regarding drugs is wasted on me. It is very easy to make broad, sweeping statements about what other people should be doing. Such comments show a lack of critical thinking skills.

@PatrickBaptist

Ай бұрын

@@Lily-wp8ol I love you too buddy try not to get too upset. But legal or illegal dope is dope, people need to grow up and learn they don't need that garbage, the junk doesn't make you well it just puts you into paying dope makers to be kept in debt, so Im saying I just look at ALL drugs alike, none glorified. Sad really. So you can claim whatever you want, I don't think people that partake of the medical religion are wise, so if you approved of me it would make me feel like an outright f00l, so thank you ma'am. Any further replies will just be ignored as I muted this thread, your a dope head no matter how you justify it and there is nothing you will say to change my line of thinking and to think I need your approval is just delusion and that's another fault of dope heads is being delusional, thanks for proving my notions correct.

@annahappen7036

Ай бұрын

That's what you get when you try to reason with a right winger. ​@@Lily-wp8ol

I was without power for 6 days and my 90 year old mother lives with me in an apartment. We aren’t allowed gas generators but I have a Jackery you can power up different ways. It helped with small fans to help cool us but I didn’t anticipate 6 days. At most I thought possibly 3. Just like we are expected to prepare, CP should have prepared for the WORST case scenario. What happened with this woman losing her life over something avoidable is criminal in my opinion. CP has restoration dates for some slated July 19th.

@ipmanphil5017

Ай бұрын

@@7Jewelz90 Elon musk is going to space with cameras from liftoff to space. What kind of remote power does he have?????? No excuses in cp it’s 2024 not 1897

Centerpoint, this is on you. Fake stories about people attacking workers, self-congratulatory emails about how great you are. You should be ashamed. FCP.

@Rikkisio

Ай бұрын

Chill bruv

@JimBz84

Ай бұрын

@@Rikkisio Nope

@DiabolikalFollikles

Ай бұрын

Texas legislators passed a law mandating power companies to trim trees per needed for maintenance. Centerpointless scored second-to-last compared to its competitors, regarding how much it paid for tree maintenance. The same politicians who are feigning disgust are paid to not provide oversight. Centerpointless will be held to task.

@ssslimey

Ай бұрын

​@@DiabolikalFolliklesyup, this ^

@DiabolikalFollikles

Ай бұрын

@@ssslimey …aaaand, its chief officer stated he’s going to “look to the future”, installing cement polls, new transformers, etc. Florida made those upgrades 25+ years ago. Centerpointless and corrupt politicians, the same feigning disgust, have blood on their hands. It’s unacceptable.

The fact that elderly people and people with health problems aren’t on the top of the list of priorities to get the power back on speaks volumes!!!! Smh rip lady!❤

@Fat12219

21 күн бұрын

😮

RIP check on your neighbors folks

They have to sue Center Point Energy👿

@corimyers4985

Ай бұрын

Abbott passed a law making it so we cannot sue them.

@crptnite

Ай бұрын

​@@corimyers4985so sue Abbott.

@hals1fineday

Ай бұрын

We already sued in the winter storm and the state courts protected Centerpoint and the public utilities saying that they have governmental immunity.

@mike_w-tw6jd

Ай бұрын

​@@hals1finedayImmunity for a for-profit company, that's sick!

0:50 This is a huge reason why people died at age 47 until the year 1900. My grandfather grew up in Houston, and didn't have a/c till the 40's. I have power, and my neighbors across the street don't. This could be solved in an hour if CenterPoint was in the area.

@kden1271

Ай бұрын

You're an idiot and have no clue how the grid works

@PoeLemic

Ай бұрын

If you got power, could a few of us come over and stay with you -- until we get power? It's so hot outside, and it's gonna take forever to get power back.

Ridiculous its very possible that it was heat related. My kids and I just got power a few hours ago FINALLY

@Summertyme75

Ай бұрын

They must have flipped the switch back on at 6:30pm yesterday for you too. It's was as if all they did was flip a switch. When my power was turned off last Monday at 6:34 am the weather wasn't even bad here yet.

@iamKIRBYok

Ай бұрын

@Summertyme75 The Swith 😩🤣 but you're absolutely correct. That's around the time

This is so incredibly heartbreaking!!! My power just came back on this evening. Praying for those that are still without power!

@Fat12219

21 күн бұрын

No electricity , no fans 😮

Centerpoint...SHAME ON YOU!

@Fat12219

21 күн бұрын

Poor senior lady😢

@Edangel14-421

21 күн бұрын

@@Fat12219 and stupidity shows up🤣

I am in Stafford which is nearby Houston. We had no power for two days and it was a torture, I can’t imagine to stay with out AC in such conditions for a week. It is hot and humid these days.

Unacceptable

So Sad!!!

Thanks center point for nothing

Last time I checked, Gregg Abbott has yet to call a "State Of Emergency " for the city of Houston. Oh I forgot, Abbott is still in Asia as we speak just having a good old time laughing it up.

My SINCERE condolences to the family of this fragile woman who suffered unnecessarily !!!!! GOD BLESS....

HOA let her down. They make sure to get their money, but have no contingency plan when an emergency happens. Should have found a place for these people, especially elderly residents to stay while going through this heat wave. I don't understand the value of the HMO when it's residents are not cared for and they only assure their rules are adhered to. Very sad situation.

Abbot's on vacation

@PoeLemic

Ай бұрын

Wait ... do you mean Wheelie?

Where’s the mayor, governor and local representatives?

@mybackyardfarm..4383

Ай бұрын

Greg Wheels was in South Korea and Ted Cancun Cruz fled to California

@Black____

Ай бұрын

Somewhere where's there power.

@Macarena22279

Ай бұрын

​@Blanack____ and air conditioners

@tim3172

Ай бұрын

@@mybackyardfarm..4383 He's an anti-globalist who went to Asian to talk about how Texas and... various Asian countries can do business together... but he's anti-globalist. Go figure.

@PoeLemic

Ай бұрын

@@mybackyardfarm..4383 Yeah, Gov. Wheelie wasn't even here. On vacation -- just like Sen. Cruz is always

If you cannot live without AC, it spells disaster going forward. Imagine when it gets hotter and the heat waves are longer too. And the electricity goes out...

@Ach1mW

Ай бұрын

Precisely

They act like they don’t understand that excess heat exasperates conditions . I had to find somewhere to go . I was having asthma complications . Poor lady 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@PoeLemic

Ай бұрын

You must be rich to be able to afford a house and still be able to pay rent somewhere else. I only wish that I had money like that, because we suffering still without power.

You can't count on others so much. You have to learn how to have your own energy for yourself. Power stations are out there; only you can protect yourself.

Before I even clicked on the video... Knew it was Texas. Keep electing people that don’t give a 💩 about you!

This heat is seriously dangerous. Centerpoint is to blame.

Time to get an attorney.

Move to Houston 34 years ago & absolutely nothing has been done to address “systemic flooding”, “chronic power outages”, “poor tree management via power lines” etc. As a native of central Texas I never experienced “flooding”, nor a “power outage”. Ever! Liability falls on Local “incompetent democrat” leadership & Centerpoint!

@xmiller7691

Ай бұрын

The last I checked, Gov Abbott is on vacay and Texas is still run by Republicans who don't want to invest in the power grid. It's ludicrous to think that any particular city in the state , whether its run by either party, can do anything about unreliable power supplies arising from GOP incompetence.

This is so sad! 🙏 😢

This is inhumane. Where are your leaders?

Lord have mercy 😢

I moved from Texas in 2014 after decades. The government & businesses have little accountability under Texas law.

Isn't this on Greg Abbott...?

@andreward8268

Ай бұрын

YES

@mike_w-tw6jd

Ай бұрын

definitely

no a/c and overheating, get into a bath tub of cool water.

@annec781

Ай бұрын

People with mobility issues can’t get into and out of the tub.

@Pinky-lg3lz

Ай бұрын

@@annec781 gotta wonder if/how they bathe.

@annec781

Ай бұрын

@@Pinky-lg3lz walk-in shower, or sponge bath.

This is sad but a lot of people have short memories. During Ike in 2008 our apartment was without power for 2 weeks. Some places 3 weeks. Centerpoint are human beings, they can't just snap their fingers and put the power back on. It takes time.

@user-vc3dz9ct1w

Ай бұрын

You are wrong. I work at a utility. This is easily preventable and fixable. Texas is not a member of southwestern power pool which provides pooled resouces to member utilities and and they are not regulated by Ferc or nerc. Texas is a bunch of independent utilities who serve share holders who dont live in texas. The utilities here are publically owned by a board of LOCAL members who are regulated to provide a basic level of service. We have never lost power for more than 10 mins and we knew a week ahead of time. You are clueless.

@BSnicks

Ай бұрын

​@@user-vc3dz9ct1wI think you are wrong. Since Covid, spare parts have been low and on demand. When Houston needed so much repair, they probably did not have everything in stock. Therefore, it would take a little longer to transport them from a location that had the parts to Houston. This could be the reason for the slow restoration.

This is infuriating. Bless this poor woman. 🙏🏾

omg just horrible

Did the woman have any family!!

Really sad, this reminded me of when that hurricane maria hit Puerto Rico apparently they were without power for almost a year.

@frankcorrea8691

Ай бұрын

Remember Puerto Rico is always in the directions of hurricanes in the caribe they are not immune, just their turn again just like Jamaica, Cuba Haiti, d.r. on znd on znd on!😮

😢😢😢, so deeply sorry

What the hell is going on in Texas like seriously I feel like the freaking power company should be sued and charged for murder like this is ridiculous

What is going on in this THIRD WORLD COUNTRY????????

People don’t understand they got a lot of help and doing their best. Just complain complain complain bout how they are more important than others cause they are seniors etc. When in fact that doesn’t matter as every person is a customer and important equally.

I was lucky, I live in The Woodlands, (northern suburb of Houston) my power was only out for about 36 hours, thought I was going to lose all of my frozen foods, luckily when the power came back on everything was still mostly frozen, during the outage I never opened my freezer as I didn't want the cold to escape and my freezer was full, that helped too but losing it all would've hurt. My sister in spring was out for 5 days and her house had some damage from a huge pine tree that came down, if that tree had gone a bit more to the left it would've destroyed her and her neighbor's house, surprisingly shallow toots for such a huge tree.

please sue CENTERPOINT for $$$.

CenterPoint should be held responsible for this and for covering all direct and indirect losses incurred by Houstonians who lost power during Beryl, including expenses for spoiled food, hotel accommodations, and restaurant bills.

It has been really bad. We just got power back on today, and it was like 10 days without power. Everything at our house is ruined -- no food, water needs to be boiled, and no income. This is worse than hell on earth. And, we've got house damage and fences all down. I fear that we'll never recover.

How many days without power there?

@lucy661000

Ай бұрын

A week whole complex

@oskinooa

Ай бұрын

7

@rodolfoerdogan4983

Ай бұрын

A week for me. And still no electricity.

@binbinky78

Ай бұрын

7

@SweeetAsHoneyy

Ай бұрын

7

This is so very sad. Back in 2018 after a hurricane we were without power for 5 days, it was hot MOST everyone was outside cleaning up it was better to be outside than inside. What took so long was that re-routed the power from our area to the base and hospital. How they did that don't know wasn't until families with children who had medical devices need to use them complained to the county did they turn our power on. Know this is different just devastating. Being in her home with air most likely was a factor.

If I recall there was a very bad snow storm a few years ago..... Nothing was fixed after that?????

This is really sad. Prayers and Condolences to her Family.

How did they find her without power?

And no one even in the complex bothered to check on her since he wasn’t mobile? Humanity sucks so many times!

Question that folks may not like: Neighbors know someone elderly lives there. Did not anyone of them think to check on them on Monday after the hurricane passed? We were people once that helped others around us when disaster struck. You don't 7 days for a welfare check.

So the neighbors are now experts on death?

HOA: Take responsibility and move everyone to a hotel, pay for it, until the power comes back on. Have everyone empty the frig leave it open and take some clothes, hire Ubers and get them to a hotel out of the area with power.. DO IT NOW!

This is reason why people need to invest in life saving preps not the latest iPhone not the new Jordan’s buy a solar generation

This is a very sad story…now someone has lost their life.

Having No Power for AC in a modern INSULATED building is dangerous to the occupant. Because of the insulation, heat just builds up inside, with the plaster/drywall soaking many BTU's over time. Even with a Fan in the window at night, can not relieve that heat. A inside fan JUST MOVES HOT AIR. It is the breeze that makes you tink you are cooler (and that is only when below body temps)

Poor governing and planning and poor infrastructure. All must be addressed

This saddens me so much.. I also have family in Houston ❤

I don’t understand what is going on in Texas. In Virginia, after a major hurricane, I was without power for 15 days. It is not at all unusual to lose power and have to suffer through the heat and humidity that comes along with summer. It’s HOT in Virginia too! That is why you prepare for hurricanes. It’s called, self preservation! My condolences for the lady that died. May she rest in peace. 🙏🕊🕯️

Prayers.

Oh no!!!!! This is terrible!!!!

Why is everybody acting like they are not trying to get the power back on. Damn!

Everybody needs a generator for backup power, just in case.

WE STILL DONT HAVE LIGHTS OR AC ITS SUNDAY NIGHT 9:54 PM 77396 WE ARE BURNING ALIVE ITS BEEN SINCE LAST MONDAY AT 7AM ITS HOT WE HAVE WHOLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH OUT LIGHTS OFF A MAJOR FREEWAY FOR ALMOST OVER A WEEK NOW 7/14/2024 STILL NO LIGHTS IN HOUSTON TX SEND HELP SEND THE NATIONAL GARD anybody It gets so hot that you can’t breath

@Agent00KK

Ай бұрын

🙏

@iampatricemeeks9512

Ай бұрын

Oh my god. I’m so sorry. Do you have water. Food?

@toughwoman5633

Ай бұрын

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

So sad

How did the natives and settlers survived before power was invented?

@walar2409

Ай бұрын

The houses construction were different and they didn’t have all these crazy laws we have today.

@Macarena22279

Ай бұрын

​@@walar2409laws don't dictate heat,bonzo

@mike_w-tw6jd

Ай бұрын

@cymbolichuman433 well, they didnt live long lives

Its tragic when people are totally alone with no family to keep track of them - this happens all the time.

So sad 😞 . Condolences 💐

Concerns mount as hurricane season hits Houston. CenterPoint's past failures in prep & response leave us vulnerable. Urgent improvements needed for safety & resilience

Abbott is a real fool

This is entirely on Centerpoint.

Manipulation of weather. Manipulation of type of weather coming! This was not a category 1. The power should have been up on day 2!

@mike_w-tw6jd

Ай бұрын

they control us

I found I am being charged for the days I was without power as if I never lost power for a week

You're supposed to be able to register yourself as medically vulnerable especially if you're on supplementary oxygen but even just having a heart condition like CHF would require you to be in air conditioned environments, and they are supposed to prioritize repair work accordingly but of course no one actually knows how to register yourself as vulnerable or what evidence is required.

@nelvinlewis23

Ай бұрын

There are no extra electrical poles... Limited gas because people are using their cars AC to survive. No food in refrigerator and in some cases no way to cook the food unless you have a propane tank or Barbecue pit. They are getting Hotel vouchers but no transport to the hotel....

@johnwang9914

Ай бұрын

@@nelvinlewis23 Nobody mentioned electrical poles, just that there is supposed to be a way of registering yourself as medically vulnerable so that the utilities could prioritize their repair work however no one knows how to register themselves... As to vouchers for hotels and other measures, maybe there are organizations that do that, perhaps even the city but again that wasn't what my post was about as I was only saying how the utilities always say that you could register yourself as medically vulnerable and they would prioritize restoring the power to as many people in need as possible but of course do people even know how to do so. They say this on the news everytime there's a major outage but they never say how to register.

@anndennis7163

Ай бұрын

that kind of registry sounds like a good idea, except I personally would not want my name on a list of vulnerable people because the 'wrong' people might make use of it in negative ways.

@mike_w-tw6jd

Ай бұрын

​@@johnwang9914who helps those that cant adocate for themselves?

Rip to her this is wrong 🙏

That generator doesn't sound right. And that other generator is too close to the condo. Creating more issues for them and others for close proximity.

I don't think Abigails last name is good for certain stories

Not having electricity sucks, but humans have spent almost our entire existence on Earth without air conditioning. They have running water, don't they? Who can't figure out how to jump in a cool shower? Wear wet clothes, outside in the shade, lying in the grass if the ants aren't too bad. Wear flower and leaf leis like the Hawaiians do. They "breathe" cool air on you. People need to remember how to live without electricity. One day, some day, the power is going out and it won't come back on for YEARS This woman died more from her mobility issues and lack of care than the heat.

Yes. Crews hear but they can only move so damn fast, especially with people acting violent towards them.

Wow how sad.

Texas is a horrible state 😮

@smokelbs.310

Ай бұрын

I agree. I regret moving here

@frankcorrea8691

Ай бұрын

Well we have the best tacos znd cold beer than iowa@

@iampatricemeeks9512

Ай бұрын

Don’t talk about Texas.

@Macarena22279

Ай бұрын

​@@iampatricemeeks9512 😢

@mike_w-tw6jd

Ай бұрын

​@@Macarena22279texas has the best guns

Damn she didn’t have windows???? She could have sat in front of the fridge with the door open, relaxed in tub of water, took off her shirt n went outside. Was she in wheel chair with one arm no legs and lived on the 4 the floor. Go outside under the shade

@laurafranich4807

Ай бұрын

The fridge with the door open when there was no power?

@ipmanphil5017

Ай бұрын

@@laurafranich4807 ahhhhhh yeah you right no power. Plus she was in her 70s possibly on multiple meds.

CENTERPOINTLE$$

The Electric can ONLY be restored as fast as hundreds of workers can rebuild it! The storms had catastrophic effects on everything. Nobody's at fault for not getting your service back on yet, if it has not been restored yet. This was a Hurricane, everyone knew it was coming! Be prepared, ask for help, ahead of time. Have a plan and a backup plan or two! For the poor lady who last her life. RIP

@mike_w-tw6jd

Ай бұрын

u centerpointless

You got what you voted for

A week

This is hard to watch....

This is heartbreaking

Its horrible that people are dying. Hirricane recovery always takes weeks, not days. We know this because thats the way it is every time a storm makes landfall. People should leave for another town that has power and go stay in a hotel with ac while the crews get power restored. If you dont have means to do that, call somebody til you make it happen. Dont just sit there and die in the heat. Go someplace cool!

So why can't they fix the power?