Houston weather: City leaders give storm damage update
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Houston city leaders, including Mayor John Whitmire, Houston Police Chief Larry Satterwhite, and Fire Chief Sam Peña, give an update on the storm damage that impacted the city.
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I was driving home from work in the middle of this storm. Absolutely terrifying seeing people screaming and running for shelter because it came out of nowhere. It was a completely normal day and next thing you know, pitch black and high winds. Office buildings and restaurants opened their doors to let people in. I honestly should have just pulled over and gone inside too because it is nothing short of a miracle that I made it home safe.
Bless you 🙏🏼
I was leaving the elevator in the medical center walking to my car in the garage you’re right it was like night and day. Walked a few feet and saw darkest coming, high winds and then the rain came. It was a mess. I just jumped in my car and waiting until the weather subsided. Like literally no time to really think. I couldn’t imagine being on the street or highway during that moment 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Praying for Houston & surrounding areas.
I should of went back in the hospital but the wind was so strong in the garage 😣
It did not come out of nowhere. The magnitude of it was shocking, but the meteorologist did announce that severe weather was coming. Need to pay attention!
All the TV stations were giving us heads up for several days.That we're gonna have torrential rain and high wand they were warning us
@@TDLewis3810 while I agree it is just a prediction.
No power!! But we are blessed to be alive!
Al hamdulilah
Amen Amen 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
lol
It literally came out of nowhere. I drove to work. And then 10 minutes later, within less than 2 minutes, the sky was green, i had 2 tornado warnings on my phone and then extremely heavy winds and rain I couldnt see through. I was actually nervous that my car was going to be swept away with me in it. Truly crazy situation. I was between two warehouses, about 20 feet in between them. That probably lessened the winds against me but it was still bad. Im glad it wasnt worse or lasted longer. That was around and 290 and 610. Right in the middle of all this. I'm also glad I had already made it to work. I'm back home now with no power but no damage to my apt thankfully.
The tornado warnings is what saved us here in the heart of downtown H within a window of 10 min of getting the notifications it went from day light to darkness and a green sky.
Thank you to all first responders ❤
GOD bless Houston, prayers for the families.🙏🙌
GAWD CAUSED IT?????
God bless you Mayor and gentleman! Angels of protection protect your coming out and coming in.
Going out & coming in
Saw up the wood, fix the homes.
Age the wood, and when it's all over;
Have barbecue gatherings.
Love from the upper Midwest.
We feel your pain. Hug your children,
and most of all be good to one another.
Be good to one another !!
God bless Texas people 🙏♥️🇺🇸
Crazy weather! Prayers to those who lost family members 🙏🏼 😔 Thanks to the first responders dealing with this mess and Stay Safe!
I respect this man so much , in Jamaica the prime minister an those in authority they dont care about the people who they were up in place to serve, respect an love Sir
I really respect this Mayor u are a TRUE representative of what a mayor should be
I lived in Houston for a decade and enjoyed it very much. It saddens me to keep hearing of bad storms and loss of life.
Thank you, Mayor, for addressing the opportunists that will take advantage of the situation to do crime. Everyone stay safe and stay away from the power lines.
Praying for everyone there, stay home and check on your neighbors
Clean up your yard if possible and help neighbors ❤❤❤
We literally had a hurricane today.
Language
.. Babylon
Big Factz
How am I suppose to look after my kids and pets if I’m expected to wfh? That’s asinine.😊
A hurricane that came in from the northwest 😮
Mayor Whitmire meant to say "over 900,000 without power" (not 900).
It'll be 2 wks?
@@fredwife7957 It'll take longer for folks who in the hardest-hit areas. My friends had their power restored this morning, but I still know many people w/o it yet (going on 48 hrs).
Be safe out there everyone. Praying for all, God Bless.💜
Prayers for Texas.
@mr.ponstan7522...thank you.
Nothing fails like prayer
Climate change is real and it's going to continue to become undeniable. Maybe, for your own sake, start voting in leaders that acknowledge this reality and are willing to try to do something about it.
Good luck!
@@sleighet-xf6tv Your welcome.
@@stevefisher2553 Just because it doesn't go your way, doesn't mean it failed. We don't like death or desruction but it is a part of the gift of life.
Been in Texas most of my life and I've never actually had to deal with a tornado. The "extreme" warning/alert text they sent while everything still felt normal was so scary because I don't know what to do in a tornado situation! Like hurricanes, flash floods, extreme heat - i gotchu! but a TORNADO!?
I later drove to get food since my powers out and boy, nearly every road (mostly excluding highways) had some sort of hazard. I'm genuinely not even overstating, it looks like we just went through a hurricane in so many different areas
@JadaEbong...from now on, please remind yourself of this day and how this crazy storm popped up. I'm going to stock my pantry with foods that don't need refrigeration or microwaving or the oven so that i don't get caught without food.
And why TF was there literally a rainbow it was pitch black at 6:30 then sun comes out at 7 :30
It was tripped out getting multiple tornado amber alerts so I hear ya ✌🏾
@@cambam2409because Houston 😂
God protect our first responders and essential workers and everyone in the path of the storm.
There is no god, grow up
Can you imagine that they want everyone driving ev's??? In a situation like this where the power grid goes down and you are without power, you could be stuck wherever you are for weeks!!!!
Valid point
If the environment wasn't ruined by burning all those fossil fuels this record storms never would have happened! Don't you guys get it by now!!?? BTW.. If people had solar powered homes no one would be out of power right now because there would be no power lines to fail or dependency of coal burning plants! And solar homes could charge their EVs at home!! Gees you Republicans can't think 5 minutes ahead can you!? That's why we are in this mess in the first place.. And it's only going to get worse!
Need power to get gas.
@@joshuagreen5820 , not if you get gas first!
That’s why you don’t get an electrical car lool
Praying for HOUSTON....take care of each other..🙏🙏
This did not come out of nowhere. All the TV stations meteorologists have been reporting We were going to have heavy torrential rain yesterday.
Some people did not take their eyes off tik tok long enough to notice when the clouds darkened. 😮
Dude said over 900... its well over a million without lights
He probably meant 900 thousand
Thank you Mayor John Whitmire.
I just went outside with my big dog and I came back running because that shi is SCARY
Take care, and look out after each other.
God protect them all.
Ummmmm, 4 DIED
The belief in "magic" is a hellava drug.
Best wishes moving from primitive thinking to the logical world.
It's not scary, I promise!
No power, no water in the Tanglewood area, everything else is all good. Stay safe everyone. ☮️
This mayor has been working excessively and concerned for the citizens, kudos to him. For everyone saying he is tired, of course, but would you even have a conference at 10pm like him or go to sleep and not care?
Nobody cares about y’all
Really? Downtown with power after 24 hours. Where is bullshit Abbot?
Thanking to Superintendent Miles? Really?
Man, you all got rocked!!!!
Sho did
Poor Houston. God help these folks. My condolences to those who have lost loved ones 😞. Please stay safe.
I live in Michigan. Tornado just ripped through my property, good LORD
@johnmacdonald8769...prayers up for your safety and for minimum damage to your property.
I hope crime stays home.
Don't tell Abbott. He pardoned a murderer yesterday.
Prayers up to all .❤
🙏❤️ from South Central Texas
Thoughts and prayers to all the climate refugees who have to or had to flee their homes to find refuge elsewhere. I'm glad people are helping them out in their time of need.
This new mayor seems like he's doing pretty well so far.
Wow 30years in Houston working Mini tornado
Can anyone tell me about the Shannendoah(sp), Texas area? My daughter lives there, and I have had no contact since yesterday afternoon. 😢
They were hit just as hard as A lot of us, still have no power but no casualties 🙏
@@TDLewis3810 ... I finally heard from her! Thank you for updating me.
Terrifying stuff.
Huston has a good mayor.I went through a storm here in the carolinas.I recall the warnings to stay home.We had strong winds and flash floodings.And yes some died being caught in the flood.Do not mess with storms like this.Nit to long ago .A woman with her baby went around set up gates.Her car was taken down stream.She lived but her baby lost its life.Later found down stream a few days later.Listen to your mayor.Take care.
Tornados brutal
Praise my LORD for protecting my family‼️
That's terrible
I just moved north after living in Houston for nine years! Scary stuff
How come no one is talking about that fact that many people were left without running water? I got my electric back today, but no running water since 5/16. I called the water company, and they had no info.
Fabulous reporting 👍 ‼️
Yup,..basic hurricane
He a good mayor. Give that man a pay raise.
what about all the homeless in the area
Really hope this power isn’t going to be another deep freeze situation. Really sick of never having power. Glad we are safe though!
I live in central Houston, its a total wreck right now
First storm on Monday damaged our roof. Fixed it Wednesday, this one hit and we passed the test 😅 so guess it was resolved
It seems that these big storms are happening more and more in Texas and Florida or am I mistaken?
Yes you are! They're also in Oklahoma and Ohio and New York, Louisiana and even California. They're all over the US. Stay tuned for more.
The Earth is warming, the oceans are warming. These storm patterns will become more frequent and more severe. We were warned about this decades ago but the greedy and the powerful have decided to deny and ignore reality, creating a hellscape like we've never experienced before. This is only the beginning. Sadly, humanity's only answer is to pray harder to "invisible sky daddy" and do nothing.
It was a tornado. Tell the truth
It was a major storm line, not a single tornado. There was some tornadoes that popped up as part of the storm.
Sounds to me like one of those straight line wind storms or they call the derechos up north
Good update.
This mayor really cares.....not like previous chumps
Thank you for all you do everybody
He sounds drunk but it's Texas, some of us just talk like that. 😅 But seriously, give these ppl strength to handle all that's happening. ❤
Lost power last night. Have some trees down all over the neighborhood. Nothing major here, though. Have my generator running like a champion ☺️ Was blessed. Gloria is at the lady's house. They lost power too 😢
Was it one of those straight line wind storms?
Are airports open tomorrow?
Yes ted cruz is heading to cancun
@@mikeprice4103you made my night
@@mikeprice4103😂
🌧️☔🧔🏻♂️🛩️✈️🛫🛬@@mikeprice4103
No. Didn't you hear what he said. Stay home.
Over 12 hours and still no power in east downtown which is only 5 minutes from downtown. Just step down already as the city gives no pressure to restore power.
The storm hit my area Bear Creek at 6pm. Only saw white outside my window strong winds and crackling noises. I thought a tornado was coming. It was very scary and I stayed in my closet until it passed
someone did tell me the weather worldwide is going to get crazy after the Solar Eclipse
🙄
You got that right! Watch out for signs from the heavens but the end is not yet coming. People refuse to believe. But they will, they will
Hey, it's 2024, the Dark Ages wants it's primitive thinking back. lol
Plz turn the light ls on in the Heights..
WFH with no power 😢🤧
This is all man made so sick of it!
😅😅😅😅 where have you been? Every week somewhere in the United States or even around the world there is a severe weather event. Pull your head out of the sand
@@lucycan6363
Yes, and as the Earth warms, weather events like this become more frequent and more severe. We were warned decades ago. But the greedy and the superstitious fail to heed the warning and make the needed changes. This is only the beginning of the hellscape we have created for ourselves. Humanity never learned to "self-correct".
Keep voting for climate change deniers and cling to your primitive beliefs, you can only deny reality for so long.
Good luck.
@@lucycan6363 most people know nothing about geo engineering or even chem trails. Talk about your head being in a dark place. They will never wake up !
Is Fort Bend area okay?
Yes. SW Houston didn't get hit at all. It hardly rained here.
@@JustLikeHeaven77 thank you! Stay safe everyone
Holy sh..t! Will it ever stop?!?
Nope.
Nope! This is just the beginning. Brace yourself more to come
Did he say 900 without power?
Its more smh
I'm sure he meant 900,000
1 million
Slip of the lips, no fault of the mind. Even the great perfect mayor can have a brain slip sometimes
He said call 91 too
Stay strong Texas!
Was this a hurricane?
Nah a tornado
How do you fight a nado? You cant. Advice. Dont tie yourself to a tree
It's a mess off of 290
Mayor needs to pay attention to what he's saying. The Fire Fighter were not removing live wires from the freeway, only wires. There were more than 900 Center Point customers without power, it's more like 900,000 residence. If you are in an emergency, don't call 91, call 911.
For 15mins impromptu I think he did very well and we understood what he meant
He's probably tired. He wakes up around 5am. He's usually in bed right now.
Give the man a break he's not perfect. He can make a mistake while he's giving a live interview. Lighten up!
Or maybe you need to pay attention to what you write? 900,000 residence? I doubt there are close to a million houses in the entire Houston area!
@@gregm6894 maybe you want to look at the demographics of Houston? > 900k is about right!
No power here in Katy
yeah NO ONE stays at home in Houston
I been tellingyall im praying firthis
900,000 people
WOW I never seen Texas like this what going on over there 😳.
Really? You haven't? Hurricane Harvey was not too long ago. Houston remembers!
Its just a storm .
Худшее впереди . А именно после затяжных проливных дождей . Грунтовый слой земли не сможет впитывать и поглощать избыточную воду . Что станет причиной возникновения масштабных оползней! !
You would think people have never been in a storm before .
Exactly! They talk like they just landed and they have just experienced their first storm. 🙄
Too bad we still dont have electric to watch this Live.
Well you got your phone to type. You can watch the news too! In case you did not know
@lucycan6363 I did, but thanks.!
I hope he plans on upgrading the grid, if it aint the cold its the wind and rain. We need to invest in solar power, lord know we have the heat for it.
High human trafficking going on around there, plan parent head quarters :/
Like the island of Pompeii
Stop geo engineering
Exactly 💯
Suppose you prove it?
Maybe you work for the fossil fuel industry and are just here to spread idiotic conspiracies theories and take the focus off the real issues?
Climate change is real and we know what causes and contributes to it and what needs to be done to slow it down but there's trillions of dollars at stake and greedy, selfish people will chose personal gain over the common good and it will be the regular folks that will suffer, die and be displaced, while those responsible will always have the money to escape the tragedy they have condemned the rest of us to suffer.
I like Ike
In spite of all the profuse praising the mayor does seem confused, slow and tired. Especially compared to the other ppl who spoke.
He's a liddle tired of hogging all the spot light. Where's the county judge? He side lined her, didn't invite her to the party?
Remember all of those old republicans leaving smiley faces on climate change Facebook pages...HAHAHAHA
remember, Governor Greg Abbott and Texas supported withholding disaster relief for other states.. So i dont really support giving them much help.. I'm about tired of Americans treating Texans better than Texans treat Americans.
Don’t worry about it turd. Texas has it.
@VolkXue....do you even live here in Texas? I'm tired of JRB treating Ukraine better than the U.S.
Texas doesn't need help. It's a self-sufficient state with a $20billion surplus of funds, known as the rainy day fund.
@@sleighet-xf6tv i live in Oklahoma.. Whats it like being the first generation of Americans willing to turncoat on all of Europe?
@@sleighet-xf6tv oh, and just so you know.. My state of Oklahoma voted against helping other states too after storms and disasters and i dont think we should get a single dime either. People want to be brats, have their cake and eat it too, take their little ball and go home when they dont get their way.. Then treat them like brats
Finally a real mayor. Thank goodness
🙄
@@lucycan6363just look at that complete disaster in the police department. Also public works and every single taxpayer should be so pissed at what was going on in Houston. People should be in prison not getting chance to retire. Absolutely a travesty
@@waynesanders1489 let's stick to the aftermath of the storm. That's the focus at present. The police corruption is old news. Like the code they established, they don't have staff to deal with both situations. Storm is current. Keep focused!
@@waynesanders1489 let's stick to the current disaster. Namely the storm! Don't politicize the storm. Please calm down.
Just glad the city is in competent hands when disaster strikes
He needs to get off that ozempic
D
Whats the big deal there are storms every day .
Laziest ppl. Big deal
Biden jr
I'd be getting that Ishtar false god out of the Houston University!
Our new normal thanks to the Republicans! Smh
Making a disaster a political issue is gross.
Houston is a Democrat city you retard 🤡
Yes, if we just have a carbon tax all of the storms will stop!
I can't believe this new mayor is talking about the weather when he hasn't addressed the h.i.s.d problem with the new superintendent stealing money its teachers out here preying on children and all this sleepy looking mayor can do is make comments on bs.topics smdh
"bs topics"? you do realize that more than 800,000 are currently without power, at least 4 citizens died, and there is debris and downed power lines all over the city?
Calm down. There was a hurricane today.
Build infrastructure instead of useless churches
Found the atheist edge lord. 🤡