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Post by librarylady on Jul 14, 2024 23:26:23 GMT
..after hurricane Beryl
She and her household had power restored around 3:15 pm today (Sunday). Brutal 6 days in heat and humidity. She had a small generator that ran her refrigerator so she did not lose food.
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TXMary
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Post by TXMary on Jul 14, 2024 23:34:03 GMT
Our friends in Kingwood got theirs back this morning too.
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Post by librarylady on Jul 15, 2024 0:29:00 GMT
After I posted this, I learned a 2nd cousin is still without power. She lives in Westbury.
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Post by Merge on Jul 15, 2024 0:34:34 GMT
After I posted this, I learned a 2nd cousin is still without power. She lives in Westbury. I live in Westbury.  I am fortunate to have power, but large sections here still do not. |
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Post by mikewozowski on Jul 15, 2024 3:03:03 GMT
my daughter in oak forest, still no power. maybe by tuesday.
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Post by nlwilkins on Jul 15, 2024 8:57:23 GMT
My daughter did not get her power back until Saturday, so she came up here to Central Texas and stayed with me for a few nights. She works from home, so she could work here as well as in Houston.
There was a time when power would be restored in just a day or two, even in the suburbs after hurricanes that were even worse than Beryl. The electric company was totally unprepared even though they had plenty of warning. Powers that be are looking into whay it is taking so long.
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Post by dlb on Jul 15, 2024 11:36:13 GMT
My DS's family does not have power back yet. He is getting so angry over the issue.
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Post by smartypants71 on Jul 15, 2024 12:41:33 GMT
My daughter did not get her power back until Saturday, so she came up here to Central Texas and stayed with me for a few nights. She works from home, so she could work here as well as in Houston.
There was a time when power would be restored in just a day or two, even in the suburbs after hurricanes that were even worse than Beryl. The electric company was totally unprepared even though they had plenty of warning. Powers that be are looking into whay it is taking so long.
When was that? I did not lose power during Harvey, but I did for Ike and didn't get it back for 3 1/2 weeks. I was just a kid for Alicia, but power was off for a really long time then as well. |
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Post by librarylady on Jul 15, 2024 15:10:13 GMT
When I was a child we had a dairy farm. Daddy would call the power company for any outage and tell them he was sending milk to feed the people and get out here and get things on. Even after Hurricane Carla we had power within 2 days.
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Post by librarylady on Jul 15, 2024 15:14:19 GMT
Greg Abbott says he is going to find out what is going on.
At least part of the reason is so many poles have to be reset.
I heard someone is questioning the type wood used in the poles. Used to be tall pine trees, I have no knowledge of present day poles.
Florida is using concrete poles now.
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Post by librarylady on Jul 17, 2024 2:23:56 GMT
Last family member got electricity around 8:15 this morning (Tuesday, July 16).
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I am fortunate to have power, but large sections here still do not.
