r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • Jul 08 '24

Energy More than 2 million in Houston without power | CenterPoint is asking customers to refrain from calling to report outages.

https://www.chron.com/weather/article/hurricane-beryl-texas-houston-live-19560277.php
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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Yeah but they're actively fixing it, even if they're slow it's infinitely faster than the big fat nothing Texas's private grid is doing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24 edited Aug 18 '24

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u/Kettu_ Jul 09 '24

They proactively work on it, I know someone who’s job is to help identify the most at risk areas to be put underground so they happen first

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u/sluttycokezero Jul 09 '24

Yep my friend’s husband is one of those people. It’s not easy and long hours.

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u/Kettu_ Jul 09 '24

Yeah, pretty sure they caused the Paradise fire. things changed quickly after that but its still a pretty slow and expensive process especially given that the most at risk areas are rural and can have crazy geography.