Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous – and at times deadly – as some struggle to access food, gas and medical care.
More than 1.3 million homes and businesses across the region are still without power after Beryl slammed into the Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, leaving at least 11 people dead across Texas and Louisiana.
Many residents are sheltering with friends or family who still have power, but many can’t afford to leave their homes, Houston City Councilman Julian Ramirez told CNN. And while countless families have lost food in their warming fridges, many stores are still closed, leaving government offices, food banks, and other public services scrambling to distribute food to underserved areas, he said.
It sure would be stupid if Texas wasn’t connected to the national grid because that would make solving this problem a lot slower and a lot more expensive.
Sure would be stupid…
Trust me, you don’t want connect your grid to our disease. The infection needs to be cut out first.
You guys do have the wind farms. Fat lot of good it’s done you, but…
Poor (not really, fuck him) T. Boone Pickens. He thought they would power all of Texas after he was gone.
Like I said, gotta cut out the infection
You’re admiring our shoes but the foot’s still gangrenous
Don’t, Texas is a mess
Did they not listen to the litter campaign?