Houston hurricanes

[LDSGator]

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/hurricane-beryl-tropical-depression-houston-texas-power-outage-26bf7664?st=vbzweqo14se5qqm&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHV6DaYjaszqJX2YJyzeTGeRhZojYqEeALcjH0Oo9fFY5b7A8OcHsRL_N-Q_aem_5qFEhQuHcuEbL7i2oAMGgg
 

Some posters here are from Houston. Check in with us when you can, it’s really bad down there. 
 

 

[NeuroTypical]

Hey @Vort how's your son? 

Hey @Carborendum how are you and yours?

[Vort]

My boy's doing fine, thanks. Possibly looking to leave Houston, nothing to do with the storm.

[LDSGator]

2 hours ago, Vort said:

My boy's doing fine, thanks. Possibly looking to leave Houston, nothing to do with the storm.

Good to hear. A buddy of mine is still without power. 😞 

[LDSGator]

His area got slammed. He’d appreciate some prayers. 
 

😞 

[LDSGator]

My friend is STILL without power. 😞 

Luckily he has food and water. 

Edited July 14, 2024 by LDSGator

[Carborendum]

On 7/9/2024 at 12:31 PM, NeuroTypical said:

Hey @Vort how's your son? 

Hey @Carborendum how are you and yours?

Back Online

[Vort]

1 hour ago, Carborendum said:

Back Online

Welcome home. Until very recently, I assumed that everyone in Houston glided through the hurricane like my son and his family did. Obviously I was mistaken.

[LDSGator]

1 hour ago, Vort said:

Welcome home. Until very recently, I assumed that everyone in Houston glided through the hurricane like my son and his family did. Obviously I was mistaken.

Don’t feel bad, I assumed everyone got slammed. When you told me your son got through fine I was happy for him obviously, but also surprised given what I heard.  

[Carborendum]

1 hour ago, Vort said:

Welcome home. Until very recently, I assumed that everyone in Houston glided through the hurricane like my son and his family did. Obviously I was mistaken.

Yes, your son was in the perfect spot.  Centerpoint placed priority on Houston proper because it is the hub for... well... EVERYthing.  First responders, emergency supply hubs, transportation, etc.  So, his power was among the first to get power restored.

I'm outside the population center by quite a distance.  So, my area was pushed until later.  

I finally had power back on Friday.  But my internet was spotty until today, maybe some time last evening.  This was the longest I've been without power in my entire life.  It was getting scary.

I had been thinking about getting a generator.  But I just didn't ever take the time to look into it very much.  Now I know I have a couple of options.

Normally, I'd do several things to prep for this kind of thing. But for some reason, my mind was caught up in other things to the point that I completely spaced most of what I'd do for emergency prep.  And I happened to forget when we had the worst power outage ever (AFAIK).

[LDSGator]

Update on my friend 

[LDSGator]

And he’s back, thank God.