Hurricane Beryl: Anger mounts in Texas over power outages and CenterPoint Energy’s response amid crippling heat

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  2. Brave_Sir_Rennie on

    Good, I’m glad anger is being directed at the power provider. It was after all “only” a Cat 1 in a part of the country accustomed to hurricanes (even if one is a climate change denier, one cannot deny that Houston, Texas and the entire Gulf coast experiences hurricanes periodically). Presumably the utility has put profits and payouts to C-suite and shareholders above maintenance and preventing outages, taking the “fingers crossed” approach to getting away with it for another year.

  3. I mean, when “weak” Beryl hit Michigan and dropped 5″ per second that all came into my basement, it sucks.

    But I never lost power so there’s that.

  4. Pure_Effective9805 on

    Time to invest in residential solar + battery backup. Take your power back people.

  5. Ill_Horror66 on

    Going on 4 days with no power here on the east side of Houston, in the middle of summer, haven’t seen a centerpoint truck this whole time. Still more than 1 million homes without power

  6. Centerpoint is a problem, but the biggest problem in Texas is the state government. They really let Houston down. The governor is in Japan for some reason and the lieutenant governor is just an asshole

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