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Originally Posted by Tobra

Cut 'n' Shoot has had their lights on about half an hour

They only had enough gas for the generator for about a week more

Fingers crossed for your family. I've got a buddy that lives up there (can't remember Cut N Shoot or Cold Spring), that didn't lose power, but has a generator that runs on propane.

Originally Posted by thingmon

Don’t think anyone planned for Berle to hit Houston so hard. Weather people hinted at it, but didn’t push nearly as hard as with previous storms. I don’t think anyone posted here about it prior to this.

Curious to see why CP wasn’t better prepared. Still have to go through a bunch of flashing red lights. Sad how few know the rules.

Hope all of you affected got power back. I could use a tree service recommendation, if anyone has a good one. I have a pecan tree leaning over my garage…

Dave

Yep, I don't think anyone was expecting the direct hit from the dirty side of the storm or expecting a Cat-1 to have that big an impact.
The primary impacts that I've heard the most about are tree damage and power outage. Our kids are in Friendswood, and were without power for ~16 hours. But there are still plenty of folks with no power (and that sucks in July) and sucks for food, and sucks for what it does to the gas situation.

Originally Posted by osidak

i am in webster tx this week for work. i hardly see any damage. why are there so many power issues. i don't even see the typical army of power company trucks converging.

granted i know nothing about the power grid but there pockets of area with no power surrounded by power

I had heard that 10500 folks were coming to the area to help restore power to 2 million. I don't know how many ended up showing up, but I'm sure some have.

Everyone that I've spoken to has had trees/limbs come down all around them. I'm guessing that's the main source of the power outages. I assume wind may have also affected some wires and power poles.

Our kids are down in that area and were only without power for ~16 hours, but they still know other folks in the area that are still without power.