Houston woman dies in apartment without power

A Houston woman at the Beringwood complex in west Houston was found dead in her apartment without power.
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[@hectorlopez1069]

I'm so sorry for this woman, we feel bad.

[@parler8698]

So sad. The long delays have been senseless.

[@christinerisden5799]

Many died from heat strokes.

[@robertoreal1117]

This is bs. Makes me mad. I wrote this in another post. My neighbor who is plus 50 i saw him all alone this whole week. My chick works at a meat market place and we got like 4 bags of ice. I felt so bad for my neighbor i gave him my cooler with ice and a milwaukee fan that works with batteries but this is not acceptable. Centerpoint should get sue!!!! We pay so much and they dont care or didnt nothing. Mh friend in another area still hasnt gotten power smh

[@kaharold]

Exactly, THIS IS TRUE FACTS...

[@iam_nell]

it took someone to pass away to get the power back on … I’m done

[@watermelonsprite1497]

and you believe everything they say 😂

[@jeanettesmith765]

Check on your neighbors when power goes on.

[@MoneyVisionsTV]

Everyone for themselves

[@prettykitty5416]

My neighbors couldn’t care less about me and the feeling is mutual.

[@evolman6661]

some folks don't remember Alicia we survived back in 83 .

[@brendamosley1549]

So sad

[@NA-8721]

So sad!

[@brendajerez2235]

Rest in peace.

[@AJXOXO-vz1pn]

Is this the week that Houston has large numbers of people that die from the heat?

[@amorrbaby8354]

I rebuke these words becauss it sounds like something you want. You are a sick by even asking something like that

[@watermelonsprite1497]

@@amorrbaby8354what in the world?

[@AJXOXO-vz1pn]

@@amorrbaby8354 oh. I was just asking what I thought was a reasonable question. Sorry, I offended you.

[@iHappyVideo]

Bro if you loved her so much why didn’t you fucking check on her for a full week after the storm knowing she didn’t have power?

[@mostlypeacefuljogger4622]

EXACTLY! This person is just trying to get a payday from CenterPoint.

[@levelintent]

🤣🤣🤣 I'm sure it's not that straightforward

[@iHappyVideo]

@@levelintent no, it is pretty straightforward

[@denisecaccese830]

GREG ABBOTT'S FAULT!

[@kaharold]

Yes, EXACTLY

[@MargDBX]

BUSHWACKERS FAULT THEY DEREGULATED ELECTRICITY PERRY AND ABBOTT'S FAULT FOR NOT REREGULATING ELECTRICITY

[@namehere4954]

People just need to be better prepared. You need to be prepared for extended outages. My area had a 2 week long outage this passed January during below freezing temperatures. It showed me holes in my own emergency preparedness. There were too many downed trees. This is our new normal and people need to prepare. Government won't save you.

[@leelaural]

a gated community?....means people have resources...read, money....she was a loved member of that community and no one checked on her?..no family....?.....people especially in an area like Houston have got to be more prepared and have a plan what to do.....where to go......

[@georgemichael9106]

How many people could they have housed in Minute Maid park of reliant Stadium they did it for people from Louisiana but not for our own fellow Texans.

[@watermelonsprite1497]

you do realize katrina was 10x devastating than beryl?

[@georgemichael9106]

@@watermelonsprite1497 Yes but that’s because the Dam broke that’s what flooded everything. Hurricane Harvey was worse than both of them put together that’s the one that flooded our house Pearland with 57 inches of rain in just over three days that’s why we live in South Carolina now.

[@1tundra11]

As I recall that was a disaster zone,toilets overflowing with no cooling

There was no need for this you could call 311 for a free ride to cooling centers all around town .

[@freewillyy]

Most people don’t know about this including me until now thanks for info

@@freewillyy its been in the news and even if u didnt know you can still go anywhere that has ac and hang around like i did at hartz chicken yesterday . Just buy something and they dont care there is no way im sitting in a 100 degree house all day

@@freewillyy hell u can ride the metro bus all day if it come to that .

[@christinerisden5799]

Heat strokes.

[@masonite1973]

Some old people arent really mobile

[@wandaritter5704]

Please check on😢🎉 your neighbors probably alone

[@NoManClatuer-pd8ck]

Those neighbors waited a week?

[@sunshineb-d5006]

So sad😢 my cousin and friend power is finally back on.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

I'm retired I keep my AC at 88 degrees to save electricity. It's really not that hot.

[@prettykitty5416]

In Houston? I think the humidity out there makes it worse.

[@crystaljackson9148]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mauricelopez1745]

Took over 2 weeks to get power restored during ike. Took 10 days for 75% of people to get restored. This is actually going well.

[@groverrogers6916]

Don't speak sense to folks

[@iam_nell]

Tell that to the families who lost a loved one.

[@houstonsam6163]

Now now, we can't cite actual history and data. It's much better for ratings and clicks and votes to pile on the CenterPoint-is-negligent-stupid-greedy-and-criminal bandwagon. Under no circumstances can we even suggest that CenterPoint isn't accountable for every bead of sweat in all of Harris County. CenterPoint's real failure IMO is their abysmal communications, both in enabling people to report an ususual, critical need and in providing credible estimated restoration dates. And IMO the local media gets a lot of blame for continually fanning up resentment, anger, and frustration rather than facilitating effective communication where CenterPoint is obviously so weak.

[@JadaEbong]

While a fair comparison, Ike was a cat 2 vs a cat 1/tropical storm (depending on where in htx) and less depended on having electricity in 08. Most importantly, Ike was in early-mid September vs early-mid July which makes this one MUCH hotter of an aftermath Also, the video of someone dying due to power outages may not be the best place to say the power restoration is "actually going well"

[@strangeroamer3219]

Easy for you to say. You probably got power back on the first day or never lost it. Try living a week without power in your home and then come back and tell us how wonderful those lineman are.

[@Karen-ed4yr]

Why isn't Houston on the rest of this country's power grid ??????😢

[@brendajerez2235]

Ask Abbot.

[@janicetribbiani7535]

@@brendajerez2235They wanted to be independent from the rest of the country.

[@mostlypeacefuljogger4622]

How would being on the same power grid as the rest of the country help? The infrastructure is old and would’ve went down if it was connected.

[@watermelonsprite1497]

because the goverment makes more money this way than a new infrastructure

[@brendajerez2235]

@@janicetribbiani7535 I am sorry, who's they? The people or the corporations or corrupt politicians?

[@Hippitidippity]

:( wow wtf ... It's very obvious that her death is on the hands of the power company that for some reason cared more about their profits than people

[@irwinsaltzman979]

If the businesses complain maybe the utility companies will upgrade the grid. People dieing unfortunately will not change the system. The people who die are relatively poor , no family or having money to rent hotel rooms , cannot afford or able to operate generators etc.

[@MargDBX]

DEREGULATION HAS CONSEQUENCES

[@kaharold]

WOOOWWWWWW So They Showed Up To Restore Power AFTER The Elderly Woman Dies, REALLY CENTER POINT??? Had Yall Would of Did that Earlier SHE Probably Would Have Lived, Poor Soul May SHE Rest In Peace...

[@Needglory23]

😮

[@patwyliee8068]

Should have called the FBI sounds very suspicious need complete investigation by the department of Justice and attorney General ❤😮❤😮❤😮

[@alex772350]

yup! CIA AND NSA TOO....😢

[@The_Black_Sheep95]

Unprofessional reporting!

[@scotthearts9634]

How so though?

[@timothyb3121]

That guy is an effing troll.

[@ipmanphil5017]

Yep millions of others didn’t have power either not sure she couldn’t go outside and find shade. Brain boggling. I see plenty of shade in the video

[@groverrogers6916]

Putin must be held accountable for this atrocity

[@masonite1973]

Russia Russia Russia!