(9 Jul 2024)
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Houston – 9 July 2024
1. Mad riding bike down sidewalk
2. Gas station sign
3. Cars waiting for gas
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Erica Robinson, Houston resident:
“It’s hot, it’s like devastating."
5. Erica Robinson waiting for bus with umbrella
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Erica Robinson Houston resident:
“The milk is about to spoil because the refrigerator is well, you try to keep it closed, but we’re about to lose what we have. If they can’t get the power back on as soon as possible. And I have contacted CenterPoint and created an account with them, and they did send a message saying that they know that over 800 or 1,000 people in my area are without power and they’re giving those when they can. And that was the last thing I heard. And then I lost power on my phone and have no way to recharge it.”
7. Erica Robinson waiting for bus with umbrella
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Erica Robinson Houston resident:
“I’m about to lose the resources that I have and I’m about to lose all the energy that I have trying to survive.”
9. Exterior Bayland Community Center
10.Houston resident Kyuta Allen talking to Lesley Briones, Harris County Commissioner for Precinct 4 UPSOUND (English):
“Food is thawing out. I’m gonna have to barbecue everything.”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Lesley Briones, Harris County Commissioner for Precinct 4:
“It’s catastrophic when you lose everything in your fridge and you’re living check to check."
12. Various people in cooling center
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Raquel Desimone, Houston resident:
“I’ve been here since 2000 something. So I went through Rita and Ike, and Imelda, Harvey. And then this year, my complex has lost power twice without hurricanes. So I’m sort of used to it. It’s really frustrating. I mean, it is what it is. At least the community centers here. So I can bring my dog to get some cool air.”
14. Various Desimone’s dog Nora
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Raquel Desimone, Houston resident:
“It seems incredibly common that the infrastructure can’t handle a basic storm. Leaving for a Category 1 (hurricane) is sort of crazy to me that I’m having to do this.”
16. Sun in sky
17. Man in hammock under trees
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Lesley Briones, Harris County Commissioner for Precinct 4:
“It is over 100 degrees. It’s going to hit 106, 108 with the heat index. And so when you’re in this hot, humid condition, whether it’s our seniors, whether it’s individuals with health vulnerabilities that they need to plug in oxygen tanks, not having power is just…the heat is oppressive here.”
19. Various Houston resident Kyuta Allen working at cooling center
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Kyuta Allen, Houston resident:
“I don’t know if know that you grow up and you feel the heat more than you do when you were younger, but feels like it’s gotten a lot hotter. Lot hotter over the years."
21. Woman fanning herself at cooling center
STORYLINE:
Many of the millions left without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas, killing several people and unleashing flooding, sweltered and grumbled Tuesday as the storm deprived much of the nation’s fourth-largest city of air conditioning, food and water in sweltering heat and humidity.
A heat advisory took effect through Wednesday in the Houston area and beyond, with temperatures expected to soar into the 90s (above 32.2 Celsius) and humidity that could make it feel as hot as 105 degrees (40.5 Celsius).
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