probably have generators?
not sure
Maybe they were bored and just wanted to get out of the house and have a little human interaction?
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I saw an article that said Texas is still mostly relying on 1970âs style grid infrastructure. I hate comparing Texas to other states but Florida has been investing in their grid and upgrading for year.
Floridaâs electrical grid more resilient than Texasâs deregulated model | The Capitolist
ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE
Because hurricanes are an annual threat to the entire state of Florida, the stateâs utilities have invested heavily in fortifying against power outages and optimizing systems to manage peak demand periods. But hurricanes arenât the only severe weather threat. The so-called Sunshine State occasionally sees the temperatures drop significantly, and processes are in place to mitigate outages caused by cold weather, too.
Maybe it is time to give up on a deregulated model and go back to a regulated one.
The big picture: Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) provided the most reliable electric service in company history in 2023. Over the past two decades, FPL customers have realized a remarkable 45% improvement in reliability.Mar 1, 2024
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I see you Lenin
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When the dust settles Centerpoint executives will end up with a raise and a bonus for how they handled this.
I live in the communist Entergy regulated system and they have run circles around Centerpoint.
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A lot of folks canât afford them
Iâve been trying to tell people this for 3 days. This storm was bad for a cat 1 because of the direction and long sustained winds.
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Iâve been thinking the same for the difference between Ike and Beryl. Ike went east of Houston. Remember what it did to Bolivar? Wiped it clean.
Also recall that if Ike had come ashore at San Luis Pass, we would have a had a truly massive storm surge pushing up into the Ship Channel. From memory I want to say it would be in the order of a 25â storm surge. Think about what lines the banks of the Houston Ship Channel. Thatâs why the Ike Dike is actually moving forward (slowly, very slowly).
This explanation about Houston taking the dirty side of the eyewall is exactly what I experienced. It was just hours and hours of wind.
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a city the size of Houston just cannot keep up with it, it is why centerpoint has to bring in external help when hurricanes come thru Houston every time. Galveston has a much better chance of fast recoveries being only 50,000 even though its on the front lines; itâs just a part of living in Houston with it being so large and the gulf coast seeing hurricanes yearly,
from 1980 until 2024, 81 hurricanes/tropical storms have gone thru Texas, now not all of those affected Houston; that is at a rate of nearly 2 per year; so every summer if in southeast Texas, you should be either hoping or praying this isnât the year you get hit hard. i am quite certain there are many in Houston now hoping this was it for 2024.
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Crazy. I got power at 1:30 the same day. Go to the end of my street, turn left and you hear generators still going.
They always bring external help in an area hit by hurricanes. It isnât the size it is just the majorly increased workload from what they normally would have in a week.
With all that said, thereâs thisâŠ
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If thatâs real, holy crap!
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Iâm 99% sure it is.
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Wow, thatâs a combination of tone deaf and idiotic. What an epic fail.
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Just a cool millionaire.
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Centerpoint did a wonderful job preparing to deal with the damage they knew Beryl would cause to their infrastructure. Perhaps someday the 7 million dollar man and company will deal with preventing so much damage from occuring in the first place.
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I live in the luxurious 281 in the unincorporated city of Houston. There have been power lines down and sitting on roofs for five days. We donât get the attention because weâre âflyoversâ out here.
The power and internet are finally back on in my section of Baytown.
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