Houston Is on a Path to an All-Out Power Crisis
Houston faces power crisis post-Hurricane Beryl, affecting 2.2 million people. Fragile infrastructure leaves 854,000 customers powerless, causing economic losses, food waste, and medical service disruptions. Residents struggle with generators and gas shortages, raising concerns about future storm preparedness and infrastructure resilience.
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Houston is facing a severe power crisis following Hurricane Beryl, leaving 2.2 million people without electricity. Despite being a moderate storm, the city's power infrastructure has proven fragile, with 854,000 customers still without power five days after the storm. The outages have led to significant economic losses for businesses, wasted food, and disrupted medical services. Residents have resorted to using generators, but even obtaining gas for these has been a challenge due to power outages at gas stations. The situation has prompted discussions about the city's preparedness for future storms, especially as hurricane season progresses. CenterPoint Energy, the utility company, has been criticized for the outages, with questions raised about the resilience of Houston's infrastructure. The ongoing power crisis has sparked frustration among residents and raised concerns about the city's ability to withstand more severe storms in the future. As Houston grapples with the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, the city faces uncertainties about its resilience and ability to adapt to increasingly frequent extreme weather events.
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11 commentsYou'd think that gas stations would have emergency generators. After all, they have plenty of fuel in storage. But most do not. New Jersey subsidizes backup generators for gas stations.[1] Florida requires a transfer switch so you can plug in an external generator and run the gas station, but doesn't require a generator be present. Texas? Can't find anything.
[1] https://www.njeda.gov/retail-fuel-stations-statewide-now-eli...
It will be fine.
Why not put power lines under ground, like other countries do? It's probably more expensive, but large scale repairs or rebuilds several times a year do not sound cheap either.
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