Houston deadly storm 2024: CenterPoint working to restore power, but say there may be extensive damage to check on [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After six days without power, hot and hungry Houstonians are anxiously waiting for it to come back. Living without power has been brutal for the seniors stuck in the Campanile on Justice Park northwest Houston complex.

“It isn’t nice, man,” Leo Richardson said. “It’s like a heat wave up there.”

“You could let the windows up, but still, you get nothing but hot air in there,” Clifford Jackson described.

Richardson and Jackson haven’t had power for six days, and CenterPoint said it could return Wednesday night. But these seniors say that’s too long for them. When ABC13 showed up, they were hot and hungry.

Eyewitness News contacted Councilmember Amy Peck, who said she was aware of the situation and worked to arrange for firefighters, Metro, and the American Red Cross to help neighbors who needed it.

“I have to take six cold showers per day. That’s how hot it is,” …