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re: Mattress Mack calling for the resignation of CenterPoint's CEO
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:31 pm to jizzle6609
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:31 pm to jizzle6609
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Oh boy, my dude Mack.
I always gotta side with Mack.
If you piss of Mack, the dude who gives literally zero f*cks, then you deserve it.
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Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:36 pm to LegendInMyMind
It's really hard to believe things have gotten to this point in Houston.
We had our shite together forever but then Harvey, the winter storms, the downtown microburst and now this relatively lame hurricane Beryl have just crushed our grid.
Absolutely inexcusable.
We had our shite together forever but then Harvey, the winter storms, the downtown microburst and now this relatively lame hurricane Beryl have just crushed our grid.
Absolutely inexcusable.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:40 pm to nicholastiger
quote:all that money went to the unwinnable wars baw
You would think the federal govt would have much better resources in place to restore power in these areas with all hands on deck especially in a city the size of Houston and with all the disasters that have happened since Katrina.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:40 pm to Dire Wolf
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i called them several times on an old lady down the block from me and they didn't do shite about the massively overgrown oak in her backyard easement
Utilities can't just go on someone's property and cut their trees. They need permission, easement or not. And, you may want to check your county's ordinances. It may be against one to cut certain kind of trees.
Also, to everyone that wants lines buried. It is very expensive to do so. No utility, IOU or not, will take overhead lines, bury them and foot the bill.
And they are not burying transmission lines. That just isn't feasible and maybe even not possible in most cases.
Now, to CenterPoint's massive clusterfrick of disorganization, that is inexcusable. They knew for over a week that this storm was a possible threat and should have had a plan, at least. It sounds like they did not, if executives are getting fired.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:45 pm to nicholastiger
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I got news for you, Center point gonna charges all those customers for the repair work
Yep, about to get hammered with storm surcharges. They are already whining to the Public Utility Commission on issuing a 2% tax hike to cover the bill. So should we expect excellence from them or accept the "oh well, power goes out all the time in shithole Djibouti" excuse?
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:46 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Lineman came from surrounding states to come help restore power and centerpoint was so disorganized, many of them sat in parking lots for days waiting for instructions on where to go and what to fix
Same thing happened after the derecho blew through a few months ago. CenterPoint, politicians, and the media all announced the day after that hundreds of linemen from other areas were helping out.
When in reality, most were still two states away packing their gear, and then spent multiple days at staging areas before they were ever deployed.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:47 pm to whoa
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The Houston metro area was hit by category 1 hurricane and expected power to be restored within a day or two to 7 million people.
After the 2004-5 hurricanes in south Florida, FP&L upgraded the frick out of the infrastructure in addition to laws being changed like requiring all gas stations to have back up generators. 3 day outages for millions of people after a Cat 1 in a metro area should never happen.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:49 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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What rock have you been living under?
I live in Georgia, it wasn't news here
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:51 pm to nicholastiger
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You would think the federal govt would have much better resources in place to restore power
The govt isn't in the electricity business and thats a good thing. It would be even worse if they were.
As big a clusterfrick as CP is, if the feds were in charge i still wouldn't have power.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:54 pm to tigerpimpbot
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3 day outages for millions of people after a Cat 1 in a metro area should never happen.
You people are spoiled.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:56 pm to CatfishJohn
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Cat 1 power outage lasting 3 days? Idk man.
Hurricane Isaac in 2012 was a category 1 and our power was about for 6 or 7 days just outside NOLA
And the Houston metro area is about 5x the population of NOLA and surrounding metro areas.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:59 pm to Tiger Prawn
We get any storms in west central La., won't have power for awhile with all the dead trees from last year's drought. I see three dead ones from my house that are slowly losing limbs. A good wind will topple them easily. Can't imagine what it looks like out in the country.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 4:10 pm to Tiger Prawn
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Hurricane Isaac in 2012 was a category 1 and our power was about for 6 or 7 days just outside NOLA
And the Houston metro area is about 5x the population of NOLA and surrounding metro areas.
Baton Rouge is probably more comparable to Houston in terms of being inland, sea level, infrastructure, etc. than New Orleans is. 3 days is a lot for a Cat 1 in my opinion in Baton Rouge for MOST residents. Obviously, there are exceptions with severe tree damage, etc.
And 2012 was a while ago. Things have been upgraded across the country for the most part on a continuous basis.
This post was edited on 7/31/24 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 7/31/24 at 4:17 pm to SaintEB
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Utilities can't just go on someone's property and cut their trees. They need permission, easement or not. And, you may want to check your county's ordinances. It may be against one to cut certain kind of trees.
They can and claim to do just that. The tree I am talking about was a dying water oak on a property that is borderline condemnable
The reason i even know this is because last summer i had to get a dead tree removed near the same easement. Technically we were supposed to have them do it but they never showed and I wasn't going to have oak in my house so i hired someone to do it.
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f a dead tree is posing a threat to CenterPoint Energy's electrical equipment, the company will cut down the tree at no expense to the landowner. However, the property owner is responsible for disposing of the wood left on-site. Remember, never attempt to remove any tree next to a power line yourself – call CenterPoint Energy for assistance at 713-207-2222 or 800-332-7143. - See more at: LINK ]
[quote]We inspect and maintain our transmission rights-of-way and transmission line vegetation growth on a five-year cycle, which means that 20 percent of the circuits/lines have trees removed or trimmed annually. We make an annual aerial inspection of the rights-of-way to identify trees that are dead, dying or compromised such that they may fall onto an adjacent transmission line.
Since such trees are usually located outside the right-of-way, we try to obtain landowner permission to remove these trees before they fall. Branches that hang over into our right-of-way may be trimmed rather than removed.
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Can I request tree trimming?
?Yes. If you feel your trees are too close to any electrical facility, we encourage you to call CenterPoint Energy at 713-207-2222 or 800-332-7143 to request tree trimming.
A representative from CenterPoint Energy will inspect the tree to determine if it requires trimming. If the tree does not create an obvious hazard or service reliability problem, we may defer maintenance until area-wide trimming is done in the future.
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Posted on 7/31/24 at 4:22 pm to Hondo Blacksheep
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and now this relatively lame hurricane Beryl have just crushed our grid.
I will say that people have greatly underestimated the infrastructure damage a Cat. 1 hurricane can do. With Barrel the damage isn't anything out of the ordinary. The response is where everything went to shite.
This post was edited on 7/31/24 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 7/31/24 at 4:29 pm to VernonPLSUfan
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Did Centerpoint just sell their gas operation? Saw or read it somewhere, thought it was to a company in N.O. They are my natural gas provider and the bill is still Centerpoint.
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Feb 20, 2024
CenterPoint Energy announces sale of its Louisiana and Mississippi natural gas assets to Bernhard Capital Partners for $1.2 billion
LINK
Posted on 7/31/24 at 4:41 pm to Basura Blanco
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You can argue that X number of people shouldn't lose power in a storm of the size (and it is damn good one)
It really isn't a good argument. Similar storms do similar damage all the time. Houston isn't special in that regard. A lot of people, apparently including those in charge, underestimate the potential for a "weak" hurricane to do considerable infrastructure damage. Look into what Isaias did to the Northeast as a tropical storm when hit that area. Power companies up there got their asses handed to them after that storm. There will be similar lawsuits and hearings for CenterPoint.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 5:03 pm to nicholastiger
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You would think the federal govt would have much better resources in place to restore power
I can't tell whether you're trolling, or just dumber than pocket lint.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 5:17 pm to LemmyLives
My buddies son is a lineman and his crew left. Houston typical suspects thugs were assaulting them. Dont blame centerpoint blame the cultcha
Posted on 7/31/24 at 5:19 pm to bushwacker
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My buddies son is a lineman and his crew left. Houston typical suspects thugs were assaulting them. Dont blame centerpoint blame the cultcha
Was that before or after he saw sharks swimming around the 610 loop?
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