True dude. We can but there’s something’s out of ppls control. Like the power….

Dude at my house there’s no power lines down… nothing bro nothing! Yet you drive 2 minutes over on both ways everyone has lights. F bs

Dude at my house there’s no power lines down… nothing bro nothing! Yet you drive 2 minutes over on both ways everyone has lights. F bs

Maybe Texas should hook up to the federal power grid, the only reason they don't is because they don't want to have to follow federal regulations, so you are stuck with the 19th century power grid, enjoy the sauna 🥵

Maybe if people shouldn't keep planting trees under power lines it wouldn't be so bad.. or they weren't born in Texas.

really sad we cant keep our lights on

It's a very sick ironic joke. Absolute ridiculousness.

Only from a Category 1

😮

​@@381deliriuswait no.... It was the brown people that are the hurricane!

Texas is backwards

Preach!!!

Especially the government in Texas

Find out who's getting the biggest cookies from the Political Cookie Jar. Then, quit putting Them back in Office!

​@@Eric-wt8wrBetter yet, VOTE!

How bruh. I STILL dont have power with the same company in the same area was told it would be until monday.

​@@Texansfan59We, here in Pasadena, were informed it would be Sunday, but our lights were restored last night at 8:33 pm. Hang in there.

@@debbiejohnson7758 we have a generator so thats keeping us goin

Blame the spineless coward Abott for not being able to stand up to monopolies

The lineman are working in the sweltering heat to restore our safety and comfort. God bless them and keep them safe...literally putting their lives on the line.

VOTE THEM OUT!!!!!

Airline and Parker still no power. Day 5. Old Navy Man.

@@patbrown53 same here, 77077

The Officials are SNORTIN n EXTORTIN Houstonians Taxes as Yall Willingly Spread Cheeks to thier NONSENSE...

The Lt. Governor is discussing an investigation again, and again, not much will happen, just like the 2021 deep freeze. I agree with your sentiment about not bashing people, but people need to be held accountable for their responsibility and actions. We need a government that is accountable, not just giving hot air.

​@@JC-life-is-goodVOTE THEM OUT!!!

@@JC-life-is-good I totally agree with you... But I think accountability is scarce these days. Politicians are now emboldened. Sadly, I think it will take a few years to see changes in TX politics

@@USA.RE3 Smart political opponents and candidates should use these power outages as a significant issue to get rid of the politicians who oppose improving and upgrading our power systems, meanwhile lining their pockets with industry cash or cushy positions after their public office. Just about everyone in Texas was affected by the 2021 freeze. Almost every Houston metropolitan area resident is affected by the power outage caused by the derecho and Hurricane Beryl. That's a lot of voters!

When it comes to border patrol, they are doing great

@@senseiskywalker duh!

@@dazesalaz6879 thank you ;)

I was without power for a week back in 1983. I was without power for 3 weeks after Ike. I was without power in the Derecho for a week. This was a strong category 1 storm (near category 2) with gusts up to 120mph. Category 2 starts at 96 mile an hour sustained winds. To be fair, after an "Andrew" hit Florida many entire neighborhoods were just gone. We always make trade-offs between risks and costs.

There a bunch more people now, I expect things take longer.

@@macmcleod1188 this is factually wrong, the strom BARELY hit cat 1 once it made landfall in Texas.

Or haiyan

I’m with one of the utility companies called into Houston to help out CenterPoint restore power. A lot of the damage comes from fallen trees breaking lines and poles which is priority right now so the whole system cannot be energized yet. You’ll see some blocks have power while others don’t. Most of the time it is because of an open fuse that just needs to be closed. The fuses open to protect the transformers from overloading. We have crews driving around checking all the lines going through back yards.

I understood it to mean support for the road crews. Those guys have no control over how management mis-manages money.

GREG ABBOTTS PENSION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN AMERICANS LIVES!!! YOUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!! NOT CENTERPOINT!!!!

What since does it make to bash folks you depend on to restore your power? It’s a fine balance. You have some folks that are petty that are lineman and would leave you stranded just for another crew to eventually get there. I understand the frustration, but folks really are going to have to calm the anxiousness because nobody can climb that pole and string up their own wire.

I'll vote for abott thank you

​@@senseiskywalkerYou can't fix stupid!!!

@@charliem6335 quiet. I don't need to talk to a loud mouth like yourself

Humbled

lol easily. You’re out of touch

Houston is basically on swamp land. Probably wouldn't work. It's not like Arizona soil/foundations.

​@@mikejezek5214 I don't understand. Are you saying that all the gas-, water- and sewage pipes, cable TV, and fibre are hanging from lampposts all over Houston?

$85 is cheap as hell my last last one was $500

85 is super cheap.

Yea dude $85 is nothing for monthly electricity.

I heard TDU is Transcendental University, where between seminars on 'Profit from Power', senior executives get their balls milked by young girls, in an air conditioned luxury villa some place.

Sometimes it’s just a replaced transformer box.

Yea… don’t hate the players hate the game. Lineman are special people and if it were that easy then you go do it

They may have needed to do more significant work upstream. Also, they can't "just go flip a switch" until they walk and inspect the entire line and confirm there are no downed segments. Glad you got your power back.

You saw about 000001% of the job. That final step to get you back on could’ve been hours if not days in the making. Also remember electricity is extremely dangerous, the lineman do what they do for a reason.

How do you know that? Do you know ALL the linemen? I wouldn't be surprised if they were being threatened. Electric customers never see upper management...they only see the road crews and personnel at the payment office. So they stupidly vent their anger at those people, even though they're just worker bees following orders.

@@jaytee2642dude that’s all of corporate america

@@andrewanderson5948 That doesn't explain why you're so sure that nobody threatened road crews.

@jaytee2642 because Centerpoint was running out of places to pass the buck lmao. They tried like 11 excuses, politicians kept passing it, then they were finally like well, we're being threatened! Don't go full dumb

@@littlethuggie Asking people to not threaten employees is not the same thing as passing the buck or making excuses. You're pretty good at going dumb. Hold the company accountable, absolutely. But don't take it out on the grunts who are just showing up to do their job.

Because its what they are doing, even worse, we all know nothing will happen as far as holding them accountable. and they will STILL keep lining their wallets and lying to your faces.

They work the large outages first, then they move to the smaller ones, as the restoration progressed they’ll pickup less and less per repair, typically the later repairs are the worst as they’re usually in less accessible places, for example, day 1 they may make a repair that fixes 10,000 people, day 7 that same type of repair might get ya 50 people back on. It’s a long, dirty, dangerous process to restore power after storms hit.

@@BetterWithToast47 my best friend is an electrical engineer who has been working for center point for almost a decade....they knew what was coming and CHOSE not to prepare or even set up the appropriate channels so that the federal gov could be notified BEFOREHAND to start preparing. Center point knew the damage that could be done yet STILL refused to do as they have done in years past, now why is it that all of a sudden they choose not to make the proper precautions, hell they could have even fixed their outage webpage that they PROMISED would be fixed after the last power outage in May.....the people are sick and will continue to lie and cause more deaths....all for money....good job Texas and the incompetent racist Republicans who are also responsible for this train wreck...but it won't stop you dummies from keeping this lying governor in power.smh. you still gonna vote to keep the status quo....good job Texas!!! From your friendly full time single dad who lives in Houston, I pray that you people wake up and use your voices for change. But alas my prayers mean nothing to you all.

Asia economic summit…leaving ole Dannyboy playtime

Elect Clowns. Get Clowns infrastructure and politics.

Somewhere in China or Japan.

Lina Hidalgo is always trying to fight for Houstonians and the citizens just complain and blame her. But when halfman Abott and Cancun Cruz run away and leave the citizens in an easily avoided disaster they just get reelected. These moron voters deserve what they voted for

That is HORRIFIC!

Haha kiddo…I’m homeless and displaced with a child. Chill 😂

@@SayaddinaBeneGesserit CAT LIVES MATTER!!!

@@PALINDROMA. more so than humans? Sick work. You need an evaluation 😒

You’ve answered the question as to why you haven’t seen trucks, there’s no damage directly in your neighborhood, the issue is most likely further away, trust me your power will be restored. Hang in there.

@@NDB469 Maybe so, but there is power on in many surrounding neighborhoods. That includes power on in areas where the map says that it is off. And power off in other places where the map says it is on. Also, do you have any idea how useless and infuriating it is to hear that the power will be restored (someday). And to hang in there. What the hell else am I going to do. I work from the computer in my home, but I can’t do that. My wife teaches from our house, but no AC, no students. And we are relatively lucky. Also, this was a fairly minor storm. There’s an excellent chance we will be hit by something much bigger this summer, as the gulf heats up.

@@duffyprattok, well, start thinking of how to prepare for the next one. Also the people with power could be off a different feeder, yours may be impacted but theirs isn’t. Also that storm wasn’t a small storm, it was still a hurricane, may not have seemed like much where you are, could’ve been worse than you realize. Unfortunately there’s not much you can do now, but in the coming weeks, think about how you’re gonna prepare.

The workers have nothing to do with the problem. They are doing their best and that's commendable. The problem is that Centerpointless could have and should have been better prepared but they don't really care beyond charging lots of money for crappy service. It seems Abott is calling for an investigation. Maybe he needs a little more money to look the other way. It was a mess with the big freeze, the storm three months ago and now this. And nothing really gets done to resolve the problems. Cry babies? Tell that to the senior living centers with no power. The people who need electricity to power medical devices. The millions and millions lost in wasted food. The millions and millions lost in businesses having to stay closed.

And they should have had more help on the way sooner . It’s always been that way in the past . I remember always seeing caravans of out of town/ state trucks rolling around. Today …….just a handful doing all the work . Piss poor management

Right now would be a good time for Trump to visit Houston That would really get his approval rating up

Austin has no authority over this. City of Houston/Harris County officials do. They and Centerpoint.

@@mikejezek5214 It's the Texas powergrid not the Houston powergrid. ERCOT isn't regulated by the city government it's done on a State level, and most of the funding for the city's infrastructure comes from the state. So please explain what local officials could have done differently...

@@rynor2691 Locals deal with the tree problem. Locals deal with how many trucks are needed, where to send repair crews. Trees falling on power lines is the problem. You can pass all the laws you want but if locals aren't acually trimming or driving out to blackout areas to repair, someone sitting in Austin can't do a thing about it.

@@mikejezek5214 Citizens can't cut down trees or vegetation by powerlines, and it's literally the job of "those in Austin" to uphold the laws. Your feelings/ignorance aren't facts

older parts of Baytown at 99 and 146 this morning on 12th. down lines. 😞😞😞. Across the highway Hyatt Regency at Wyoming Street had power.

Why are so many people fleeing ny and ca for Texas?

I love Texas

They’re regulated by the local public service commission and local epa, they can only trim what is threatening the lines.

Right, if someone from the power company knocked on your door and said, “hey we gotta take that big ol tree down that’s on your property, it could take out the power lines if it blows over”. Most people would tell them to pound sand.

Life is good

​@@coldspring624really I saw the Mexican that governor Abbott for fly them to safety😂😂😂😂 but Americans are dying in the streets of Texas😂😂😂😂😂

Another idiot

Houston’s mayor is a democrat

Sort of ironic

Austin has no authority over this. City of Houston officials and Centerpoint are the ones that manage what to do in case of storms. Greb Abbott doesn't work in Houston and look over people's shoulder to make sure they have enough linemen/trucks ready.