Houston - Resident shopping for cold cuts because her apartment is without power and she had nothing to eat. Kroger employee yells out: “We can only take card(s).” ~ "power outages could last for weeks" at one of America's biggest cities....

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[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's good to have a way to keep perishable food cold. You do seem to have fared well considering it could be weeks before the rest of the electric grid might be repaired.

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They're saying everyone should have power by Wednesday.

As of 10:30 a.m., more than 82% of CenterPoint customers, or 2.3 million, currently have power. The company is working to have restorations substantially complete by the end of the day Wednesday to customers who are available to receive service.

https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/corporate/about-us/news/1745

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[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That sounds more optimistic. But do you see the wording: "to customers who are available to receive service"? That is vague, but lower down they specify that some houses have damage that customers must fix themselves. I suppose they are not "available to receive service". And for those it could be weeks before they might be able to hire an electrician to fix their house.

If the equipment is damaged, customers will need to contact a qualified electrician to make repairs before the company can restore service to them.

There will be a wait time on these jobs: waiting for insurance adjusters to authorize payments and waiting for an electrician to be ready to work. Some people might not even be able to afford the deductible on their insurance, or have no insurance.

Another source says Texas currently has power knocked out for 408,766 customers.