Who's to blame for lack of power in Houston?

Nearly 800,000 Houston residents are in the dark and dealing with heat following the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
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[@BrettSmashy]

When 88% of your customers are without power from a category 1 hurricane, your infrastructure investments and management are inadequate!

[@kbrown5218]

Try looking the coastal counties who don't have power. All you hear in the news is ohh poor Houston but millions of dollars in crop lossess.

[@BrettSmashy]

@@kbrown5218 You’re worried about crop losses compared to people trying to survive a heat wave without any power. Food and cooking are an issue for every person without power, but… crop losses. There will be insurance, federal loans, grants, and aid to help with crop losses, but people are literally dying of heat exhaustion or without power for medical devices. You’re absolutely right. What are lives compared to crop losses? What are preventable deaths if proper investments in power infrastructure were made compared to crop losses. Thank you for straightening out my priorities. 🤦‍♂️

[@freddysanchez6317]

​​@@kbrown5218👈👈This guy works for centerpointless

[@JL-fx2cd]

@@BrettSmashy are u complaining about the lack of ERCOT regulation?

[@stoggy4839]

it doesnt matter how big the storm is. When trees fall on power lines the power goes out. Blame the tree owners. People lived in Houston LONG before there was ac.

[@tomhare8740]

The map sucks and is NOT accurate! We have been green since day 1 and no power. I'm buying a Generac so I won't have to rely on an inept power company any longer. This is the third time this year without power over 3 days. No more

[@taymangaming]

generacs are failing also. research before deciding

[@NoName-zm1ks]

But but but surely private enterprise doing a fine job, No?

[@aaronramirez2610]

Do you have at least a playstation 5? If you do don't complain, it's better than nothing.

[@KOOLBadger]

Get a solar power station also. Bleuitti is great. No gas needed. Its always sunny there. You can also store the power in batteries!😊

[@street_cheeks]

privatizing utilities is next level stupidity

[@michaelshrader5139]

Millions of clueless people moving here over the past decade hasn't helped any, either. This is what a mid-summer hurricane in Texas is like, and it was only a Cat 1 it could have been so much worse! Maybe this isn't the right area for those millions of new people to have come to? The next hurricane, is likely going to put Beryl to shame.

[@NDB469]

Most utility companies are privately owned in America.

[@nex-ex5100]

Agreed, just like privatizing medicine, the criminal justice system, the military industrial complex, housing. We are owned by Corporate Oligarchs, and meanwhile, they have convinced people that other people who are also struggling are to blame.

[@felipenunez2058]

​@@michaelshrader5139no the problem is lack of regulations cause guns and Jesus is more important. California has a new policy were every new home needs to be build with solar to be an approved home. If this is a common problem In Houston people need to start looking into alternatives.

[@NDB469]

@@michaelshrader5139exactly right man, transplants, they move from somewhere else mostly cuz it kind of sucks where they come from. Then systematically try to transform the new area to exactly what it was like where they left. Also none of them have any clue what they’re talking about but it’s always the same sob story, o and they always want more government involved in everything.

[@thedirty530]

Unfortunately its what happens when private companies are not required to keep their infrastructure up to date.

[@jdpinbaytown]

ERCOT needs to go away!, Split Texas down the middle, Half on the Eastern Grid half on the Western Grid!!

[@Robert-kx8fs]

NOW, they have an interactive power outage tracker by address! They probably had it before they just didn’t want their customers using it. I laugh every time I hear “we’re going to investigate” by political bureaucrats. I laugh so hard it blows away their political BS and I can see and understanding what is really happening.

[@scottb9169]

Another win for Abbott. Get him out.

[@wujianwendy]

Greg Abbott should be laid off.

[@ramboseemenomore1728]

@@wujianwendythey should prosecute him for neglecting peoples lives that are in his hands😅

[@CZAR-OF-SARCAZM]

I thought mother nature caused the storm?😊

[@ramboseemenomore1728]

@@CZAR-OF-SARCAZM bitch it’s what happens after the storm passes that matters

[@kennethmatheson5315]

Get of the gas what do u want him to do

[@wujianwendy]

I blame the governor. He did not do his job well.

[@kbrown5218]

I blame stupid people. You think the governor pulled the hurricane out of his pocket? Try looking at the coastal counties who don't have power... Houston the city of me me me people. Get a grip.

[@scottprather5645]

He left for an overseas trip and was gone the whole time

[@DannyDonnatelli]

Gov. Abbott doesn’t work for centerpoint buddy. Centerpoint underestimated the storm, if you watch the video it literally says this verbatim😂 The power company should be held responsible for not staging enough workers before and after the storm. People are going on 6 days no power and they still won’t give them a timeline on when it’ll be back on.

[@scottprather5645]

@@DannyDonnatelli Governor Abbott was overseas the whole time he knew the storm was coming he knew there was a emergency declaration but he left anyway is that good governance? I think the hands off deregulation strategy is not working. The utility dropped the ball and there's no one to make them do the right thing

[@patricka05]

@@scottprather5645WTH could he do? His Lieutenant Governor was in charge. What could he do numbnuts? They don’t work for Centerpioint

[@myzytw]

We are responsible for not taking care of the planet! 🌎 Mother Nature is Mother Nature!

[@bc_usa]

Zzzzzzzz oh here we go with save the planet. Why don't you start with complaining to countries like China?

[@MrTom-kl7hy]

When private enterprise fails, it is always the federal government and taxpayer that picks up the pieces. When private enterprises succeed, it is due to their hard work, so they should not be taxed.

[@michaelshrader5139]

Well we wouldn't want to tax success or rich people though, right? Cause that'd just be a dis-incentive to being successful and rich and how messed up would that be? LMAO! ROF! ;-)

[@ruyuchen2378]

Monopoly is problem.

[@NoName-zm1ks]

😂🤣👏👍🏆

[@ajdolphin7]

Keep voting for politicians who care more about big business. And hate Federsl Government but now want Federsl aid

[@michaelshrader5139]

Yeah I thought we were seceding from the Union.... now we're wanting the Union's help instead? How does that work exactly? LOL! I think we may have an overabundance of idiots in Texas these days honestly. This is what a mid-summer Texas hurricane is like, only weaker as Beryl was ONY A CAT 1 storm! The next storm, may well be MUCH stronger and cause far more devastation than this little Beryl did. Y'all ain't seen nothing yet! Just saying.

[@amick8708]

Thank you!

[@johnvesper989]

Privatized, unregulated utilities.

[@rooster1012]

Winning combination...

[@bc_usa]

Not true. Centerpoint and all of the other energy companies are regulated by the PUC. Do some homework before you type.

[@paulkurilecz4209]

@@bc_usa Only the transmission and distribution companies are regulated. Generators are not. Marketers have very little regulation and it is ineffective.

[@stoggy4839]

@@paulkurilecz4209 here dumbass i googled that for you... www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/business/pgc/pgc.aspx

[@john54367]

Centerpoint CEO needs to resign!

[@bargdaffy1535]

Yeah right, it is the responsibility of only One Man to make sure the Infrastructure of Houston can handle a Cat One Storm....give me a break, it is a breakdown in Government.

[@michaelshrader5139]

Well where is your emergency power generator? What, you don't have a generator or power station even???? You might want to re-think where you are living then friend, because this Beryl was only a Cat 1 hurricane there's much worse storms have plowed thru this part of Texas before and there will be much worse than Beryl that will plough thru here again and probably sooner than later! We have dodged at least 2 Cat 4 hurricanes in the most recent summers, they turned to the right at the last minute and went into Louisiana instead.... sooner than later though, one of those monsters is going to come right thru Houston and then what's your plan hmmm? Might want to think about it!

[@kbrown5218]

Why? You think Houston is the only place struggling with power outage? Try looking south at the coastal counties. Who don't have Center Point... Houston strong with me me me people. No word on the millions of dollars in crop lossess...

[@kbrown5218]

They missed Hurricane Ike. They sure weren't in Texas for Hurricane Carla either. Weak people won't survive a big one.

[@NDB469]

Ok, so the CEO resigns, then what? You still have the same company, same leadership, same investors, same everything. This type of thing happens every time a storm hits all over the US, the outcry is coming from the same ill-prepared people, always wanting the government to come save them, so lost. Start thinking about how to solve the problem with reality driven ideas, not always turning to blame, Mother Nature doesn’t care what we do, she’s gonna ravage and destroy no matter what is done to prepare. You as the average citizen also need to prepare.

[@joycescott5561]

It's just the way it is. Texaa hasn't gotten thier infrastructure such as the electicty up to standard. When we have severe cold in the winter or the summer heat.

[@michaelshrader5139]

Far too many people who are clueless have moved here in the past Decade since Hurricane Ike rolled thru here as a strong Cat 3 hurricane. This Beryl, was nothing special... and the next hurricane will likely be a LOT stronger than Beryl was! If people can't handle Beryl and it's aftermath, how are they going to handle something a lot worse than Hurricane Ike was? Cause it's coming y'all, maybe this part of Texas wasn't such a great place for millions more people to have moved to lately... Just saying. 😕

[@felipenunez2058]

No the winter issue is a lack of the power company winterizing their grid becuase it cuts into profit. They dont want to follow federal regulation thanks to your governor. El paso never has this issue cause their connected to the federal grid.

[@felipenunez2058]

​@@michaelshrader5139no that's not the problem. Just stop.

[@SOLDOZER]

We have not had "severe cold" one time in 50 years.

[@felipenunez2058]

@@SOLDOZER it's been happening the last three years and their was one real bad one about 20 years ago so I dont know were you been

[@DJL0455]

Where the hell is Gov. Wheelchair???!!!

[@highjohnroot]

😂😂😂

[@tramellewhite5233]

Where are is the out of state help from the power companies 😢

[@TheJanet4321]

Tx power grid is separate from other states - not sure why, but after this catastrophe, we will probably find out why.

[@NDB469]

There’s plenty of crews from out of state on hand

[@SC-sm2tr]

It’s what the people voted for and got.

[@victoriaporter8665]

They're shooting at them in Houston so they are wanting to leave!!! Y'all are not respecting them and they're the ones gonna save you,the out of town linemen🙏🏽❤️

[@jsurfslammer]

Has anyone seen any workers out today, Saturday?

[@DanielMartinez-fm4oo]

None

[@Aslkajack]

I've seen workers out. Several places booked for Wednesday the 17th ended up getting electricity a short while ago. I don't know if it will last, but it feels good for now. Yes, there are trucks out.

[@jhariette]

The ironic thing is that the Philippines in a hurricane prone country will put America and houston to shame!!!!

[@Shining237]

Fascist Governor Greg Abbott is to blame.

[@tomhare8740]

@@Shining237 ok, LMAO

[@user-hj4uf9wz1z]

​@@tomhare8740Abbott won't hold center point accountable

[@michaelbooker6881]

Democrats are the Fascists !

[@chazman4461]

This is a combination of issues. No one wanting to work anymore for companies like this. No preventative maintnance done by anyone. People bitching about trees being cut on right aways. Lack of preparedess and unrealistic expectations of the people. It is a mutli faceted issue.

[@vibelife5133]

It was a hurricane, can't blame the power company, Ive gone weeks without power after a storm, it sucks bad for sure, but be patient, they have to rebuild the grid, let them work, and be thankful for the lineman out there also suffering in the heat doing what it takes to fix it, God bless the lineman 🙏

[@bc_usa]

The Centerpoint map is BS. It shows customers with power that still dont have power. Its day 6 and we still dont have power. My neighborhood is starting to look like Mad Max movie.😢

[@salvadormendozaz5192]

And they are saying those of us without power are the hardest hit; I call BS on that because my neighborhood doesn’t have downed power lines and half of it already has power!! It’s Sunday and we’re being given some story that it may take another week!!!

[@user-lf4ux7dm7g]

Governor Abbott says that the business model of corporations and the GOP is to maximize profits and minimize costs. So stop the bellyaching. You voted for this.

[@DRventura333]

Bless and protect all the workers in that heat who are trying to restore power to all those affected.

[@NDB469]

I’d say hurricane Beryl had something to do with it.

[@taymangaming]

Category 1 hurricane...nah its lack of infrastructure development from a 6billion profit per year company

[@CZAR-OF-SARCAZM]

I thought so too! But the way people are commenting n complaining? I'M 💯 IT WAS ABBOTT N TRUMP THAT CAUSED THE STORM. 😊

[@kaffenaddict8864]

The may derecho storm left me without power for 5 days. Now this it’s exhausting

[@doughughes5732]

Cat 1. Seriously

[@WalkawayRene12]

Hopefully Texans have learned that their State does not have your back. Please vote better next time.

[@tomhare8740]

@@WalkawayRene12 you freaking idiot! You aren't even from Texas

[@michaelshrader5139]

Stop hating on solar! Take personal responsibility and have your own power generation capabilities.... why does every roof-top in Texas not have solar panels on it? It isn't like we don't have an abundance of sun beating down on us year round you know this right?

[@WalkawayRene12]

I never said I hated solar LOL

[@taymangaming]

​@@michaelshrader5139price restrictive for most and hoa restrictions

[@rooster1012]

They voted the same fools in after the last major hurricane hit Texas and power was out for months Texans are just to ignorant to know better.

[@jkseraphim4]

People who laughed and called preppers bad better start apologizing and start learning to be self sufficient.😡

[@jenniferschramn4095]

Shame on Texas! Step it up. You are causing more harm, more mold, more cost of repairs.

[@user-jy2mn9jl8x]

No one seems to care about the utility workers who are working in the heat.

[@teresafoster2792]

There was a lot of damage and Center point is working very hard. Restoring over 1,000,000 in less than a week is amazing. After Rita in 2008 it took 3 weeks for Beaumont to get power and that was for only 200,000 people.

[@princeerick11]

Bs After BS

[@michaelshrader5139]

People this is what a mid-summer hurricane looks like in this part of Texas.... get used to it! We are just lucky that Beryl wasn't a Cat 3 or stronger storm when it made landfall here in Texas, this could be OH SO MUCH WORSE! And it will be worse next storm hits more than likely. So quit blaming the utility companies for "not being prepared" when you don't have an emergency power generator or 1 single solar panel on your roof!!! Hello!!!! Can't deal with this, then don't move to this part of Texas thank you very much. smh! 😕

[@michaelshrader5139]

I still had my 10k watt gas generator which I've had since Ike in 2008, and used it daily this week since transformers were down everywhere around me for days... coupled with a 12K BTU window AC unit I was able to stay quite comfortable and keep the fridge and box freezer cold and make coffee in the mornings and charge my cell phone and tabletpc so I could have internet access thru my cell phone hot spot etc. It was not fun, but I wasn't miserable at least. Friends of mine, when they got COVID stimulus checks in 2020 they asked me for generator recommendations and then they BOUGHT generators with that money (and boy did they use those generators this week and last May!)... what did all these other people use those stimulus checks for I wonder? HELLO!!!! If you live in an apartment without power due to the storm, then there are power stations you can buy and once charged they can supply you with a modest amount of power to run lights fans and charge your devices for a few days even and since they don't burn fuel but use batteries instead you can use them INSIDE your apartment. And finally, Texans need to stop hating on solar so darn much the sun was shining down intensely after Beryl had passed thru and with a solar array most Texas homes in the affected area could have been making their own power from that powerful natural resource shining down on us that was instead just baking their roofs and heating up their homes to intolerable levels inside. Preparedness starts with YOU the individual home owner! The grid is vulnerable and as long as power transmission is via wires on top of poles it will always be the weak link between utility company power generators and your home. I say if you can't do better, then you might not want to live here people. smh! 😐

[@michaelshrader5139]

And my final thought on this situation is: You cannot have an unlimited population in a limited area! A decade ago Texas had a power surplus, now we don't thanks to millions of new people moving here from everywhere else... more people is only beneficial to a certain number then the masses start to become a liability then an albatross around the neck finally. The Law of Diminishing Returns applies even to the human species, more people is not better beyond a certain number and we have far exceeded that ideal number already. There were around 4 million people in the Greater Houston area when Ike a Cat 3 storm blew thru here in 2008... now there are nearly 7 million people here I'm told, and look at the havoc that a mere Cat 1 hurricane just caused. What's going to happen when a strong Cat 4 or 5 hurricane strikes this area? Cause it is coming this way y'all, likely sooner than later. Just saying. 😞

[@dalp1535]

Not true!!! Cat 3 would destroy Houston There are better power lines in 3rd world countries It is a shame that this happened

[@JadedGLORY2689]

​@@michaelshrader51394th Generation Texan who resides in the DFW and I wish more people who come here understood what you just said. If you live in an area with severe weather then it definitely pays to invest in some sort of contingency plan.

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

The only power outage in history that has an R added to it…..

[@user-ww6ek6xf8l]

Isn't it strange, how people lived for thousands of years, without Air Conditioning?

[@davidboi4025]

Centerpoint, entergy, the governer is in tokyo, ted cruz is in california watching whales, mayor sylvester turner left houston broke

[@billwilliams5889]

Since it appears that most of the power outages were caused by large trees dragging down power lines and poles, it seems like lack of “tree maintenance” was the primary culprit. If so, and since most of the trees involved are on private property, maybe what the city and surrounding counties need to enact is some kind of property tax specifically for subsidizing the immense costs involved by the power companies to perform the maintenance on a timely basis.

[@AJXOXO-vz1pn]

The trees. The trees are to blame.

[@michaelshrader5139]

What sized emergency power generator do you have at your house? It's funny how everyone without power has been blaming the utilty companies for their misery, rather than blaming themselves for not having any emergency power generator of their own.... what the heck did they all spend those Covid Stimulus checks on in 2020???? My friends bought generators with that money (I already had a 10K watt generator I had bought for Hurricane Ike in 2008.... but now I'm seriously researching getting a solar panel array and power station with batteries cause finding enough fuel to keep that generator running is just not easy and it gets expensive and there's no way of knowing how much fuel I need to have on hand before a storm strikes; I was almost completely out of fuel before my power was restored Thursday and I was getting very concerned about it!).

[@felipenunez2058]

​@@michaelshrader5139and yet people like to talk about california policy's cause california now mandates every new home being build have solar.

[@CZAR-OF-SARCAZM]

TREE BEARD AND HIS FRIENDS ARE THE CAUSE.😊

[@AJXOXO-vz1pn]

@@michaelshrader5139 that’s right everybody. Let’s all move out into the woods and live off the land. The heck with relying on electricity and civilization. Every man for himself!

[@caldillman5334]

Abbott, Texas Legislature, EPCOT, CenterPoint, and Beryl!

[@mcdizzle1863]

I’m thinking it’ll be harder and harder to live in Houston if the weathers crazy

[@misterfunnybones]

I don't want to pay taxes. I don't want regulations. You make your bed, you lie in it.

[@bc_usa]

😂😂😂😂 You have no idea what you're talking about. You probably voted for sleepy Joe.

[@aaronramirez2610]

Would you pay for a playstation 5?

[@misterfunnybones]

@@bc_usa Look, I mean, let's get real here, Biden has a 3 point plan, first, the one thing, you know, I mean c'mon Jack, two, listen this is easy, three, the last thing, we know how to do this, we've done it before, it's easy, relax, let's get it done, we're doing it.

[@Wg-zx5ve]

Bad storm, alot of large trees in this area that fell over. Tree trimmers got clear the way in order for the power companies to get in there.

[@jerryeskridge6149]

Where in the world is Texas Gov Greg Abott... All the prayers and support needs to go to Texas...

[@mariateresasalvador1190]

What’s your governor and senator doing? No regulations

[@weireffie29]

It takes time for restoration.

[@user-gf3kw4sl9q]

People need to toughen up. It was a brutal storm and Houston is a large city. What would you do if the power was cut off forever, you adapt.

[@smith7388]

@@user-gf3kw4sl9qyou must have electricity and water. This was category 1 storm the impact shouldn’t be this devastating. This is a problem

[@user-gf3kw4sl9q]

@@smith7388 you don't need electricity to live

[@thedirty530]

When push comes to shove our representatives flee to cancun, our leadership is in asia, and the ones who actually are here are pointing fingers at a federal government we continue to refuse connecting to the federal power grid. We find out who we really are in crisis don't we?

[@Sharyk808]

Red states always point to democrats in wh. When they really should be asking the electric company and gov or mayor.

[@ramboseemenomore1728]

ABC, who to blame other then the greedy company’s 😅 y’all are fked in the summer too forget about winter

[@Russiaisscum]

Greg Abbott is a failure

[@munchocrisps]

Beryl!

[@slimydude]

Blame Greg Abbott & Ted Cruz

[@EyeofDeborah]

The governor is responsible!!!! He is the leader of that state

[@noahc6246]

This will be a bad hurricane season

[@aaronramirez2610]

But hopefully a great season 4 a playstation 5.

[@Jojojo995]

The governor is responsible. See what happened because you voted for him?

[@rhondatraywick3724]

Hurricane Beryl is responsible!

[@belligerentcuisine]

uh…..high winds?

[@Servethealmighty]

People need to start learning how to survive on their own.

[@user-tz8gp5mg9p]

Who’s to blame lol blame the hurricane that came through and the crappy infrastructure

[@2Harryclark]

Hurricane season just started. Possibly could happen again 😢

[@aaronramirez2610]

If that's true,then you better get a playstation 5,b4 they sell out.

[@kennardjohnson7875]

The finger pointing, 1 finger pointing and 3 fingers pointing back at you. Yes center point obviously had rotten poles,and they have to fight every home owner with trees that over hang powerlines. Texas needs to pass a law where power companies can cut down any trees that threaten a power line. Next they need to test older poles for rot and replace. For those that can't take the coast humidity without electricity, you live in the wrong place and should move.

[@timhaley3459]

These people are like the Israelites after coming out of Egypt, starting to whine and complain only three day later.(Ex 15:23, 24; 16:2, 3; 17:1-4) The power company is having to deal with not just the restoration of electricity, but downed poles and fallen trees, that requires bringing in more help, and the damage was much than was expected. I realize that this "puts them into a bind", but showing patience and not hostility helps considerably. Where I am at, the power was off a week during Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Ike in 2008, so that we "made the best of what we could".

[@payneSanteeOutLaw]

Trump let’s get him !!!

[@LuckyDragon1331]

The hurricane maybe😆

[@user-yi6nb9sj9i]

I've lived in Florida since 2006 moving here by way of Connecticut though originally from central New York. I've experienced 3 hurricanes and just one month ago the city I live in was hit by 4 tornadoes at the same time . Trust when i tell you i feel your pain .

[@faithhupy4983]

To me it's obvious the power company is working as fast as they can wow this was a disaster I mean reminds me of the people complaining when they build their house on a sandhill and then complain want something done when it the hill slides

[@taymangaming]

they arent though. too busy tying to screw the workers over that came from out of state

[@user-hj4uf9wz1z]

No they aren't center point is to blame they won't fix the grid

[@waltermorris5786]

AS SOON AS THE STORM CHANGE COURSE, HEADING FOR HOUSTON AREA, THE 10000 OUT OF TEXAS SUPPOR CREWS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THEIR WAY...BUT WERE THEY?

[@uberenthusiasts]

A lot were on vacation and no one was expecting the storm to hit Houston until Friday or Saturday. That is not nearly enough notice. And stop typing in all caps, you look silly.

[@DJL0455]

Texas. A dump.

[@toniwilson6210]

Rule of thumb - it’s always the government unless it’s Texas

[@GullibleIgnorantGreedyIndiffer]

Can you say ABBOT

[@burtcooper612]

Can you say Biden?

[@nex-ex5100]

@@burtcooper612 Biden doesn't run the state of Texas Simple Jack.

[@GullibleIgnorantGreedyIndiffer]

@@burtcooper612 BIDEN 2024 ! TEXAS SUCKS !!!

[@tomhare8740]

Has nothing to do with Abbott.

[@nex-ex5100]

@@tomhare8740 He's the governor and is at least responsible to be there to clean up the mess, not to mention not letting it get this way to begin with.

[@mariarobles6805]

I blame the governor

[@victoriaporter8665]

Maybe this will show Texas how much their elected officials don't do for them????💙💙💙💙💙🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️it takes weeks sometimes, happens in Florida 🙏🏽❤️

[@kimberlyruff916]

Greg Abbott

[@victoriaporter8665]

Absolutely nuts😢here in Florida we start preparing a week out for any scenario and listen to our local officials!! respect our linemen coming in,the one thing i can say is empathy runith over in a storm in Florida,prayers🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Maintenance is also key and our legislature doesn't run away,they stay with us🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Servethealmighty]

The hurricane is to blame

[@notmethnx]

This is grotesque and incredibly disturbing.....

[@geangarcia2673]

where’s TRUMP???

[@coloradobrad6779]

You live there, you know this. It happened before.

[@jabreck1934]

Every Texan knows who to blame!!!!! Californians👍🤡

[@user-hj4uf9wz1z]

Texas legislature is to blame

[@forlornhauntedghost]

LMAO 🤣

[@rickss69]

A storm named Beryl...

[@HappyGouldianFinch-cl3sw]

We still dont have power

[@stefunruh3205]

“Global Warming, it‘s fine! It’s just fine!” - Trump, 2024 “It‘ll start getting cooler. You just watch.“ - Trump, 2020

[@ianadams827]

The map does not work

[@NDB469]

Pretty quiet over here in the comments section, power back on, moved on…. Anybody looking into buying a generator, looking into back up plans for the next storm?

[@philliphall5198]

CEO is the one to blame and the sorry manager of the halfass company Center point needs to be sued all the way to Supreme Court 😊😊😊😊 join together and get it done 😮

[@Pimpinainteasysheesh]

Lmao 😂sucks not to have power 😂

[@dixiebrick]

Disaster for profit.

[@AnthonyWade-xe4rb]

Ted Cruz has power.

[@geoffreykeating8172]

Texas is clearly a broken state , re-elect Abbott for more of same ya 🤡's 😅

[@MicheleOtero]

The elder and babies suffer most. How do u keep water and food Cold

[@user-sv6vo5li5c]

Abbott and Texas legislature.

[@user-im5jv1us1l]

what can they do more than what they do now ???

[@Robert-kx8fs]

Here is top 3 on my list. 1. Don’t go it alone, connect to multi state grid system. 2. Use multi state support as well as contractors. 24,000 technicians can fix the problem twice as fast as 12,000. 3. A problem this size can only be managed by highly trained engineers, not by politicians.

[@SC-sm2tr]

CP made $6.7 billion in profits but did not upgrade their failing infrastructure. Now they have requested federal funds to do so. Texas is the only state to leave the national grid system, as a result, it’s the worst state for power outages in the country. CP failed to have proper crews staged in appropriate areas ready as soon as storm was over, they only had a small number staged, instead they said the forecast was wrong and the storm wasn’t suppose to hit Texas, which is BS, I watched the forecast, it was headed right for them, we all knew it for days.

[@FarmHouseMotors]

I’d say mayor Parker and Turner definitely help the cause. A decade of little focus on infrastructure improvements.

[@user-bl3ez3ch3x]

I live out here off of Aldine mail route and Lillja The people across the street from me I live on sunwick have had power for three days the people behind me across the street from them has had power for three days I do not have power on this side neither does the people behind me this is ridiculous

[@JESS1CAC]

We haven’t be able to work either!!!!!!!

[@Gorditoroks]

The hurricane lol

[@aaronramirez2610]

The playstation 5😂

[@Guerrera7]

At Wallmart 1960 the crews park from the morning until 3 pm, on Louetta Rd Tennessee crews park for 5 hours.

[@ronbelanger4113]

Texass and it's third world power grid.

[@amorrbaby8354]

WHY DO YOU ALL ASK DUMB ASS QUESTIONS HOW ABOUT DOING SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE LIKE EXPOSING THE MONOPOLY OF IT ALL

[@aaronramirez2610]

Or better yet,trying 2 get a playstation 5.

[@Berealone90]

They use all that money on bonuses, I bet.

[@1965niles]

That map is not accurate at all it says for my address restoration time to be determined after review my power has been restored already thankfully. 5 days of heat and humidity and boil notices I had mold growing on my back side

[@isleliver7773]

Whatever you do, don't move back to California lol

[@SauceWaveGod]

Greg Abbott !

[@laara1426]

The Great State of Texas 😂