When will power be restored in Houston? CenterPoint says hardest-hit areas could experience extended
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- In an update Monday night, CenterPoint said customers in the hardest-hit areas "could experience extended outages and should plan accordingly."
Why do we even pay them. Why were they not prepared before hand. Texas infrastructure is so embarrassing. Literally why should I pay my bill this month.
FYI you don't pay centerpoint for electricity. secondly blame the news weather forecast folks because they predicted the hurricane to hit mexico and the southern coast of texas originally. Lastly, name one city that was hit by a hurricane that infrastructure wasn't impacted in the slightest?
Now is the time to stop!
It's where you live. You made that choice.
People voted for deregulation and lower electricity prices at the expense of weatherproofing, redundant electrical grids, and repair services. It is what it is.
@@JustLikeHeaven77 not everyone is privileged enough to make where they live a “ choice “ dickhead.
Dont miss a payment cause they have crews ready to respond to that quick
Facts!!!
lets all miss this months payment, the cant disconnect all of us at once!
@@CadManicthey just did lol look at Houston
Facts they will react to that faster then anything else.
How are you ready to respond if you’re not in the area?
I don't understand why every storm of any kind, we lose power, water pressure, internet, and mobile services? 48hours later I still have trees dangling with powerlines wrapped around it!
You were advised to get all supplies you would need for 3-5 days or longer or evacuate. You didn’t think you would need electricity for 3-5 days? Okay. You do know there are generators, right?
this was a hurricane, not just a storm; name one city that was hit by a hurricane that didn't go days without power city wide. Maybe you should get your trees trimmed regularly as well. That's not a utilities company's issue to handle unless it's within 3' of their equipment.
It was a Cat 1 Hurricane.
One reason is because people don't turn off unnecessary lights or electronics. Two of my neighbors had outside lights on during the hurricane. Why? No one is outside your house in a hurricane. I can only imagine what they had going on inside the house. Turn off everything you don't need and turn up your thermostat during storms.
Center point is really sleeping on this
Someone need to lose their job behind this!!!!!!!!
Like Abbott...
@@robertward8035BINGO...hotwheels out of the country during all this. How convenient huh?
yeah behind a natural disaster haha you sound like a clown. Let's see how fast you can replace a broken pole or down hot primary wire. You'll be fried chicken my guy haha.
@@wa210 😆 at hotwheels haha
Management needs to
Step down from centerpoint.
This is what happens when you deregulate. Profit should never be involved in any core industry like water, power, gas, healthcare. If it is you can guarantee they will choose that money over your life, every time. Always remember, corporations and politicians don’t care about you, at all.
You vote for California, you get California.
@@zanzikar7 dude your literally just yapping shut up
@@rabbithowls71 dam
I wish they could pin this message. Right on the money with this one
@@Akac3shhe’s not lying stop voting that dumb shit . Grow up
They are never prepared, l've lived a lot of places and we had ice storms and didn't lose power! I was without power six days last month, didn't see my bill go down!! Centerpoint needs to get their act together soon,look at all the food we lose,l can't afford it anymore, l just got my fridge stocked from losing everything last month,!! Here we go again, l've lived in places with snow 5-6 feet deep ...didn't lose power ,what's wrong here?
Maybe you should go back if it's so much better? There are 8-10 million people in the Houston, Beaumont, Galveston area. How many where you're from?
Sorry about loosing all your food, it can be quite frustrating. I know exactly what you’re dealing with, and I agree. That’s why I don’t live in Houston anymore, I moved outside SA, it’s still hot and humid, but it doesn’t rain all the time and my power never goes out. Good luck
"They" are the Republicans who sleep with big business instead of standing guard over your safety. Voice your opinion at the polls this November and stop them.
@JustLikeHeaven77 30 million around bay area and we don't lose power like shit hole texas
@@JustLikeHeaven77😂 you don’t even live here stfu..tough on the internet
Texas has its own power grid so they don’t have to go by the federal regulations. And the governors are standing by the power companies instead of its residents. They will probably need to face the wrath of millions of gun bearing citizens if there’s a 3rd incident this year. Texas is one of the hottest state in US and power outages are threatening our lives, not just a mild interruption on our work and daily lives.
It's barely even hurricane season and it lasts til October. You're probably right. Abbott isn't even in the US. He's at a economic summit! Money uber alles, ya'll.
Invest in a generator if you live in Texas specifically around Houston, at least to keep your fridge going
Definitely 👍🏼 💯
Or get a side chick in Cleveland. Uh. Nah.
@@benbohannon - Ur a fool if ya do!!
Solar panels and home batteries got me through it with power and A/C working the whole time. I also haven't paid for electricity in over 4 years.
You vote California, you get California.
Centerpoint sucks, period.
Enron is much better
From now on, any storm that develops in the gulf, expect it to hit Houston. Be prepared
None of you will be
I bet they ready to cutt ur lights off if you don't pay ur bill aday before smh.....
Ready to cut our power but not to fix it. Agreed, SMH.
Centerpoint is useless and now it’s a mess families are suffering…
Centerpoint is now a monopoly...this was supposed to have been stopped years ago...well guess what...center point isn't keeping up their end of the bargain by maintaining their equipment. Once again, CenterPoint has failed their customers.
Can't believe that the grid is so frail after only a Cat 1 storm. Imagine if it was a Cat 5 storm.
Praying everyone gets their power on soon. Heat is so dangerous check on your elderly neighbors 🙏🏼♥️
Its not completely due to the storm. We have had alot worse! Before it hit center point said they had 11,500 extra crew here and waiting. That was BS. Has anyone actually saw any center point trucks out working?? The news said it eould hit close to Galveston/houston area yet they didn't expect it. Bull shi#. Its the fking power grid
I've seen 2 trucks in galveston. Neither were working...
Nope I haven't seen anyone working. You will think that at least the cleaning crews will be out there to have everything ready, but nope! They lied, and they were not prepared, but the reality is no matter what they said actions speak louder than words and they simply don't care !! They manage the transmission of electricity, so they can do whatever they want if they want to make us wait days, so let it be! Unfortunately, there are no consequences for their actions, so why would they do the right thing !!
At first, rescue and body removal will stall repair operations. Gross, but there you have it.
@tammywarford3721
We're near B8 and Belfort, and as soon as the storm went through our area, they were out working. We could hear chainsaws clearing downed trees, firetruck sirens, multiple police sirens. It was like minutes after the wind stopped blowing. We lost power from 8am-7pm, and didn't have cell service until after 10pm.
@@claudiapalacios2646
The area where the hurricane hit has about 10,000,000 in population. 1,500,000 without power is 15%, which is not bad, really.
Let’s protest around them
go for it haha
Yeah. Protest the wonderful people working during a hurricane that want to help you.
@JustLikeHeaven77 stop intentionally ignoring the things you don't wanna see or hear. This is beyond unacceptable and is too frequent. Stop making excuses for people who do not have your best interest at heart. If the they cared they would have prepared for this a week ago or so when reports showed the storm heading this way. How many times has it already been reported that this year will be a more active hurricane season? Plenty. So stop. Just stop..
Dang!! Dangerous w/heat & humidity. Be safe H-Town. So sorry abt all of this.
Thank you ❤
Sweet of you. Thank you so much!
Time to fire a company that can’t deliver!
We aren’t Center Point but,
As of night before my husband wasn’t sure where he would be headed to begin work restoring power. Simply because no one knew where the storm was ultimately impacting hardest and where the failures would occur.
His elec co covers a huge portion of sotex Things had to settle down before they even dispatched them And he is local. It’s difficult to know where to send that many people and develop a game plan for something this catastrophic
But he’s out there working 16 hour days in the blistering miserable humid heat to do his best.
I’m here holding down our household all alone while he does.
None of it is easy on anyone.
But in the meantime, maybe they’re a little slower responding than you’d like, but they are responding. Let them get the 10,000 foot view and get a game plan.
And pray for their safety
Praying for all the linemen and for you as you hold down the fort at home. It's an extremely tough job. So many ppl like myself are grateful for what he does. I think society as a whole has forgotten patience. Also, they were predicting it'd hit Corpus. I think that's why the power companies weren't preparing for it to hit Houston. Storms are unpredictable
@@cds8249 exactly His crews were reserving rooms down south Then it was hitting Port L so they were switching gears for that Then it hits even further east And unfortunately a huge metro area
Please tell your husband that we appreciate all the lineman and journeyman working out in that heat. We are very grateful. I know they're doing their best!
@@ElizabethF2222 ❤️
Mother Nature shows her strength.
Houston, we’ve always had a problem..
Yep. After DECADES of storms impacting the Gulf Coast, the power grid still isn’t hardened against natural disasters. Buried lines are not cheap, but they rarely get taken out by high winds and falling trees… But it’s cheaper to fix them after each storm than upgrade the system.
The area where the hurricane hit has about 10,000,000 in population. 1,500,000 without power is 15%, which is not bad, really.
Oh no, an earthquake happened.We should harden it. Smfh
@@JustLikeHeaven77 Its about 2.7 million customers, which only accounts for the one person the power bill is under. If one customer has a family, that's 2+ more people.
@PURENT
Yes, but the 2.7 million is not all from Centerpoint. There are hundreds of electric cooperatives in texas.
@@JustLikeHeaven77 Almost the entire Greater Houston area grid is operated by Centerpoint.
That was yesterday's phone recording. People, they should already be here working.
Exactly!!!
I definitely saw a ton of work trucks in the parking lot of Sam Houston raceway, off of bw8
I ain’t sleeping an extra day with all this heat and no air conditioning
Then what will u do bro🥲
Oh, Texas. I only pray I never have to return to the circus of chaotic living. That state is just falling apart and things are not maintained. Outside of the great freeze disaster of 2021, a year later the city of Odessa had no water for a week. Why??? How??? Turns out these people aren’t maintaining their water sources either 😮
Our hood wasn’t included on that map. Decreases my confidence in the assessment of the situation.
Might be time to move out of this area
They lied to us
Preparedness? It was not even supposed to hit Houston!
Houston was always in the cone of possibility
Exactly! Weather forecasters are lame.
@@alwayzAngry No, it was supposed to hit Mexico, then it was supposed to hit between Corpus and Brownsville. The Eye was NEVER "forecast" to hit Houston dead on until almost day of. Always? Nope.
They’ll be lucky to have power back up in three days. What they need is cooling centers and charging stations for people that have no way to charge their cell phones. I use to hop on the Metro and ride around the City while I cooled off.
Took Florida two weeks.
@ginagina5452
We have those, they're called McDonald's and Starbucks. Haha
Man, how did my generation survive without air conditioning and cell phones. Guess we didn't.
everyone just needs to invest in a generator because we already know we cannot count on Centerpoint. Especially in this heat.
Houston isn’t exactly the ideal vacation destination. Ever wonder why everything is so cheap in Houston; from housing to food. And their power grind system and drainage system is terrible, and we haven’t even gotten to crimes rate yet
The reason they didn't have teams moblized, I think, is because until just a few hours before Beryl hit, the predicted landfall was hundreds of miles south. Doesn't anyone remember???
Google the word "Bootlicker"
So true. They had to cover the entire area from Mexico to Louisiana.
Yes, I remember. But the storm moves at 10-15 mph and crews can move at 60. The moment they realized the storm was heading toward Houston! they should have been mobilizing.
To be fair, it’s not like they knew a hurricane was coming.
I blame HOAs for requiring trees in front of every house and the city for not keeping up with trimming them around power lines.
@@mostlypeacefuljogger4622 they do trim within 3’ of their equipment. Your part is the rest of that 30’ canopy. If you keep it trimmed up nice it won’t be so too heavy it pulls out of the ground.
@@mostlypeacefuljogger4622 Cities across America should ban trees taller than 15 feet within property lots and near power lines to prevent damage or loss of life. This law could be like if the tree is >15 feet, remove it within 60 days of notice or face daily fines.
@@denisekoltys3019 I’ve driven through parts of Houston where the trees are not trimmed back and the branches sit on the power lines.
@@flydragon7256
If you remove all the trees less than 15 feet, they will never grow above 15 feet. Maybe make the law no trees within a certain area around critical infrastructure, and impose heavy fines for not adhering to that law.
@@flydragon7256 I agree with you 100%. I had a friend that wanted to cut down the trees in front of his house and HOA said no. They need it for ascetics and unity within the neighborhood or something along those lines.
The proper response to this is to write yourself a personal note that captures your frustration and anger. Then save that note and read it right before you head to the polls in November.
Yes, look at what the republican government has done with this ERCOT clownshow.
Texans, your governor is useless. Get rid of him.
We are on 55 hrs of no power in my apartments
Any updates on Entergy?
@@djmill8000 entergy's website
Living without power is hard and frustrating, but you will have to wait for up to 5 days for power restoration. When you have 2 million customers out and only 20,000 linemen, obviously the math indicates a long time to restore power (don't forget about the hazards linemen have to deal with also).
Another reason to not restore power all at once is due to demand skyrocketing for AC after restoration; you do not want to overload the power grid either (the person who wrote this had no power for 17 days after Ida in 2021).
There were 10,000 crewmen and 10,000 Texas Guardsmen stationed around the area. They are guaranteeing full power restoration by Wednesday evening. That's 48 hours for over a million people. That's good.
Weaterman forcasted storm to hit Corpus for a week, not a direct hit on Houston.
And you've got kids from across the state in Houston this week for the FFA Convention!
We are repeating the same escenario from a couple of week ago, same crap, took days to get power back and now we are in the boat.
This is crazy.
Praying 🙏 soon
lol a little bit a rain or extra head and the power constantly goes out without severe storms. So, any minor storms we always out of power for days and good goes bad in the freezer and refrigerator.
A hurricane is a minor storm? ok haha! 6+ hours constant rain with 60+ MPH winds would cut any city's power off
@@12tcaldwell I said any minor storms. I been living here for decades. I know how it is. So, in conclusion if we cannot have power in minor issues big issues going to be a major problem.
@codecaine
One reason is because people don't turn off unnecessary lights or electronics. Two of my neighbors had outside lights on during the hurricane. Why? No one is outside your house in a hurricane. I can only imagine what they had going on inside the house. Turn off everything you don't need and turn up your thermostat during storms.
@@JustLikeHeaven77 lol I had neighbors blasting firecrackers last night when the power is out.
@@codecaine
So did we. You SW?
Centerpoint owes everyone a generator.
The power in my apartment is out but the gas station and street lights right beside it the power is on Houston has its priorities messed up .
Centerpoint energy is a joke. They weren’t prepared for this storm at all. They had days notice. Part of their job is to be prepared and have plans and budgets in place that help them respond to last minute disasters. This isn’t even a last minute disaster . They knew this was coming and chose not to take it seriously. I’m new to Houston and truly shocked to see how they responded with their tracking services and their power service. Truly the executives should be ashamed of themselves. We are truly over paying on our bills if they can’t even respond with answers like giving an actual update on when certain areas are going to get power. Which means they haven’t even assessed the damage which it’s been days and if they haven’t even haven’t assessed these issues indicates that they were not prepared.
Good Ol' Texas Self Reliance. Lol. Mexico is sending its lineman and water to Houston now.
Great. Hopefully they bring some food and mamacitas with them.😂😂😂
OK, there's a pile of sparking wires over there, and you don't know where each one goes. Now what?
Today 7/10 nearly all of polk county north of Houston 70 miles still without power. I think they're getting houston power first. Same percentage out here since Monday morning
Guy Johnson
Munir
Brian plumber
Steve Harris
Rick gatlin
Craig snyder
You guys all suck. Poor handle on this matter look these people up. They are in charge of distribution and transmission lines
No power/Internet almost 2 days in Sugar Land /Houston 😭
Look at the power grid. When they got Reid of coal and rely on all this green, that’s a big problem
Texas New Mexico power phone number is not even working at all
No work trucks in site in Spring!
@@Kbcrenshaw Spring has power, maybe that's why?
@@JustLikeHeaven77NOPE!
@@JustLikeHeaven77
No, it doesn't. Do you even live here?
Abbott should resign....he can't keep lights on for Texans
@@armandotorres-iy1cw The governor has no involvement with CenterPoint. What an absolutely ridiculous demand!
@@flydragon7256 Biden has no involvement with inflation (corporate greed)
@@flydragon7256 Abbott said we haven't lost power since the winter storm. He's wrong... that's a lie
@@flydragon7256he’s the governor and should be held accountable.
@@JEEPER7788 for what exactly?
Power outages after hurricanes are not uniquely a Texan or American problem. Every country that experiences hurricanes also have power outages. "Can't even keep lights on" sounds like something only entitled Europeans say.
Why don’t you use a underground grid. I had to sleep in my car for three days! I heard transformers blow out early doing the storms.
Deregulation is just a way for politicians to get more "donations". Let's hope Abbott and his colleagues keep focusing on how to control women
Hurricanes aren’t fast. They should have had linemen ready days before. 🙄
Where can we charge our phones???
Your car. Everybody knows that
Bunch of complainers, people working in this heat to get the power restored while you sit on your behind with a little bit of heat. Grow up and have a backup plan.
could say the same to these companies .. i dont even see them in my area anywhere at all.
get off their dicks.
I agree. Be ready and don't wait for this bs.
Only a motherfucker not affected by this would call people complainers. Not like centerpoint was warned ahead of time about hurricane beryl/s
Everyone in Houston should invest in a generator now...
You got some never! They are incompetent so they should work in the heat just like my food spoiling!
It is what it is. Roughed it before multiple times and can rough it again.
@@la5871 yep. Homeless never have AC. Think about that.
@@JustLikeHeaven77amen! We are so spoiled. Count your blessings and thank God you made it thru the storm alive unlike the few that lost their life
Man I'm looking at power trucks pass through my neighborhood. I have seen at least 50 trucks. In my neiborhood and no power. They are just standing doing nothing.
No power? So what. It's called freedom. Freedom! Freedom!
The future is Electric 😂
Texas without a.c. hell no 😮 thsts why i could never live somewhere hot 🥵
Texas are you ready for FIFA 2026 !!!
😂😂😂😂😅
You know they're just letting it go there
P L E A S E T U R N T H E P O W E R O N
Power isn't a "wave your magic wand" thing. There was a flood. Every house that had water inside gets tagged and has to be reinspected. If there is damage, the wallboard has to be removed and the wiring redone. This is excruciating slow, as we found out in Florida. However. we love our linemen! As we were evacuating north, the south bound lanes of the freeway were all line trucks heading south, into the storm. Now be quiet and wait.
Keep excusing the lack of preparation for these occurrences ..... ! Can't fly that problem to a blue 💙 state ! Great job ...blame your ignorance for voting in Ted Cruz and governor Abbott 🙄 ! Do better
What is wrong with people defending the company?
Now people don't have the right to be angry? 😅
One reason is because people don't turn off unnecessary lights or electronics. Two of my neighbors had outside lights on during the hurricane. Why? No one is outside your house in a hurricane. I can only imagine what they had going on inside the house. Turn off everything you don't need and turn up your thermostat during storms. Please help one another.
STFU idiot! I see you’re on here trolling people with stupid rhetoric. You make zero sense. If you have nothing intelligent or encouraging to say, say nothing.
usa can spend billions on suppllying weapons but will not spend a penny to upgrade all power lines to underground
Trim your trees people, the power company doesn’t plant trees on your property
Here in Florida our Power Company will trim your trees if they deem it a risk to their Power lines being damaged during a storm.
How many times will this happen in one single year before heads are made to turn over it? We as citizens will continue to suffer if we don’t make a change. For starters get rid of center point they’re by far the absolute worst
Electricity just came back on. Should have heard my neighbors screaming
Can I ask what area I’m trying to have hope when I get back power will be on 😅 so far I’ve heard down town and maybe some spring areas
@@makaylanashea Summerwood/ Generation Park area
Im willing to stop paying if more are willing to start
Weak
It’s going to take a month!
Ummm we get back to u hold tight y'all.. also it's hot
So who are we suing the city of Houston or center point? Bc this is ridiculous . Leave your comments and thoughts here.
People need to demand states and dhs look how DeSantis handled Ian and take lessons. He proved there is no need fir all this suffering. He had florida up and running in 3 DAYS!!!!!!! Those crews should have been there waiting.
As a Floridian we are used to dealing with this and it doesn't matter who the Governor is either. Our State Emergency services from the Government to Utility Companies are well prepared regardless.
I saw 3
"Tanarrr"
Texans: this is the norm for us, time to get back to work. All this chitter chatter these chitter chatters are doing ain't gonna git a damn thing done! Yahoo Cowboy$! 😅
Is Governor Abbott still on vacation in Asia? 😜
HE IS IN ASIA WITH HIS WORE 😂😂😂
@@josefuc I figured he was gay
People across the street from me never lost power at all and mine been off since yesterday morning . I have called fema ,and 211 and there is no help from anyone from the feds ,state or local they havent even declared a disaster for houston yet . This is a 3rd world place
Do you mean 311? FEMA only helps after a disaster declaration is filed by the president, and it is not possible for you to not have power if your neighbors do. You're on the same transformer. Maybe your breaker box is out, or you're a bot?
More and more BS from Centerpoint!
Why are people from other places so enamored with Houston? I will never understand it. We ALWAYS have weather issues.
People just need something to bitch about.
The area where the hurricane hit has about 10,000,000 in population. 1,500,000 without power is 15%, which is not bad, really.
People aren't "Enamored" with Houston but more like wondering how does America's 4th. Largest city falls apart with a weak Tropical Storm.
If you can't do your job just return texas to mexico
TF ARE YOU ON ABOUT
How about go to mexico.
@@jrdsm why? It'll be worse.
@@tgs9740 I would go there but im too young. Mexico is literally better in every aspect😂😂😂😂😂
@@Dougie2flymexico sold Texas, the Mexican Cession lol we learned this in 6th grade
"OuR CLimATe Is ALwaYs ChaNgIng" average Trumper afraid of science answer.
I agree Beto should have won
@@JesusRodriguez-kd8es
I don't like Trump, but what does he have to do with hurricanes?
@@JustLikeHeaven77His Project 2025 says to shut down the NOAA because "hurricane monitoring causes climate change hysteria"
COME ON MAN ohhh boooo hoooo i cant turn on my ELECTRONICS what ever shall i do , STORMS happen and yet people BLAME people for not having their comforts imagine if you will a EMP going off and all power off FOREVER these people will just what roll over and die good lord LETS BLAME SOMEONE FOR NOT HAVING MY TV OR PHONE ON
Well we all know what kind run centerpoint..lazy kimd
Everything is bigger and better, in Texas, isn’t that what y’all, say?
Entergy sucks
Didnt really learn when wed all have power. Yesterday articles said 1 million will be restored by tomorrow
Thank Texas deregulation
Aww all those "nice hospitable friendly" people of the Houston area, oh no
How's that "green energy" grid working out for you? They have to build windmills and solar panels, that will take time. You vote California, you get California.