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situation. I am in West Houston near I-10 and Gessner and am still without power myself. I purchased a generator a week ago and count myself fortunate to have it even though it costs a small fortune in gasoline to operate. Still, it doesn't power my central air so I sleep with the windows open and my shotgun loaded and close by. As I write this, two police cars have just raced by my house with sirens screaming going God knows where. Like the poor woman in the video link posted by the OP, my street is now totally dark. Anything can happen; no one dare let their guard down. The weather is a bit cooler and less humid this evening. Maybe that lady can sleep inside tonight. I hope so. I don't like this one bit, but many are much worse off than I. I feel so badly for those people. CenterPoint Energy says they're doing all they can to restore power, but I'm not so sure. At the very least, they failed to take appropriate steps to harden the infrastructure so as to minimize the consequences of what was assuredly a predictable catastrophic event. As experts in the field of providing electrical power, they had to know that such a storm was not only possible, but in fact, ultimately inevitable. It was never a question of if this scenario would occur, but only when, and CenterPoint did nothing to prepare for that. Reaction is necessary and required, but the responsible, professional approach is proactive. When judged by these criteria, CenterPoint failed the test.
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