Hurricane Berly touched down in the great state of Texas after a lovely weekend of enjoying fireworks and barbecues during the Fourth of July. According to Chron, there are now more than 1 million individuals in the great state that are without power this morning. Hurricane Beryl, which was a category one storm left 2.2 million individuals without power and, because of that, Texans have been in an uproar for days.

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WHY IS MY POWER STILL OUT?

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It’s one thing to be without power during the cold seasons here in Texas, grabbing a blanket, maybe even lighting a fire could be a possibility. But summers in Texas are excruciating with the weather being extremely humid and scorching going without lights and power the state is a liability. Jason Ryan, who is the executive vice president of Centerpoint released the statement saying that there will be roughly 500,000 customers who would remain without power going into next week. All of the vegetation, trees, and debris have been very difficult for the utility companies to, come out and assist with handling the electricity.

WHAT SHOULD TEXANS KNOW?

Texas Struggles With Unprecedented Cold And Power Outages
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Residences right now are questioning Centerpoint on why they haven’t utilized the mobile generators that were estimated to have cost repairs $200 million in the first year of the contract. Jason Ryan admits that those mobile units still were not the appropriate type to handle any hurricane-related damages, but some might be used for hospitals and daycare in the future. Texans are tired of excuses. They just want the job done.

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