In the wake of Hurricane Beryl and the havoc it's wreaked on Houston, KHOU investigative reporter Jeremy Rogalski joins Y'all-itics to talk CenterPoint's failures.
Houstonians are upset because when it comes to hurricanes, the category matters a lot.
When it passed through Houston, Beryl was a tropical storm sitting just under the threshold for category 1 hurricane status. Category 1 is the lowest grade of hurricane there is. Even still, 85% of Centerpoint’s grid lost power at the peak.
That’s a worse result for the power grid than previous storms that were higher category storms. So it definitely looks like Centerpoint has been neglecting maintenance recently.
This right here. Ive lived here all my life and this storm ranks really low on my list of shit I’ve seen and high on shitty recovery. The flooding wasn’t even that bad, a normal amount for rough storms and it drained quickly
Houstonians are upset because when it comes to hurricanes, the category matters a lot.
When it passed through Houston, Beryl was a tropical storm sitting just under the threshold for category 1 hurricane status. Category 1 is the lowest grade of hurricane there is. Even still, 85% of Centerpoint’s grid lost power at the peak.
That’s a worse result for the power grid than previous storms that were higher category storms. So it definitely looks like Centerpoint has been neglecting maintenance recently.
This right here. Ive lived here all my life and this storm ranks really low on my list of shit I’ve seen and high on shitty recovery. The flooding wasn’t even that bad, a normal amount for rough storms and it drained quickly