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Originally Posted by JennRN
It is bad. The 5 year old kiddo has about 50% burns. My friend who works at Hermann-well, and is sort of living there now-texted me about this yesterday morning.
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If you hear any more you can share, please let me know in PM. I have not told my parents yet- they have enough to worry about.
My grandmother called earlier and she is okay, but the heat is very bad for her and many of her elderly neighbors in her assisted living community. She reports 6 ambulances so far today- but unsure if people are being moved to prevent complications from delicate conditions (it is pretty hot down there right now) or if something specific happened. The good news is they are trucking in bottled water and other stuff so noone goes without basic needs.
The latest I have from this AM is that Centerpoint has restored power for about 115,000 homes- and they continue to prioritize hospitals and water stations. Those who live on the same local grid infrastructure as a hospital or water station will get their power back first. 1-2 weeks estimated for everyone in Houston to be back online. Several thousand workers from other TDSPs have come in to help- but many have also been diverted to Louisiana where some areas had flooding worse that Katrina.
As someone else noted- either here or in another thread- grocery stores have been trying to open, and so most people can access basic needs.