A Ride Along with Centerpoint Crews post-Ike

Sep 19, 2008 by Monica Danna

Posted under: in the news

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As many of you know, my father is a Deputy Constable with Harris County Precinct 1. He is one of their motorcycle patrol units, and often has the chance to escort city efforts. This week, he has been working with the Centerpoint crews, to help them navagate through traffic while restoring the city with power.

I asked him to share a few sentences about the expereince, as I know most of you are still waiting on these crews to arrive.

Their system is un-fricken believable. It is amazing how they organize such a massive endeavor and get it done as fast as they do. Everybody has a sheets and sheets of Orders. They include “Grids’ that are interrupted and off they go. I took about 15 trucks to Cunningham Rd. very close to Jersey Village, huge transformers all over the roadway…………they had them repaired in about 2 hours and it was off to another Grid.

The workers have been on the road for 18 days. They just left Louisiana after some storm there and about to return to home when they were called and advised Houston was in desperate need for their expertise, so they turned around and here they are.

They all loved my Harley, some have motorcycles back home. Everyone I escorted was from out of State. They came down with Yellow Vest and they almost were hit by drivers because the drivers in Texas think Yellow marker are CONES………….they traded them in for the National standard vests color of Light Green………….too funny.

Also, I just pulled this from the Centerpoint site about who will get power when:

Houston – Sept. 17, 2008 – CenterPoint Energy announced today that based on damage assessment data obtained over the last few days, the company projects the following timeline, indicating approximately 80 percent restoration per region:

The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration by the end of day on Friday, September 19:

77065, 77094, 77095, 77354, 77355, 77356, 77362, 77375, 77377, 77382, 77384, 77418, 77420, 77423, 77429, 77430, 77433, 77434, 77435, 77441, 77444, 77445, 77447, 77449, 77450, 77461, 77468, 77469, 77471, 77474, 77479, 77482, 77484, 77486, 77488, 77493, 77494

The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration by the end of day on Monday, September 22:

77024, 77031, 77032, 77039, 77041, 77042, 77043, 77050, 77055, 77072, 77077, 77079, 77080, 77082, 77083, 77084, 77092, 77099, 77336, 77338, 77339, 77346, 77357, 77365, 77373, 77386, 77396, 77459, 77477, 77478, 77479, 77511, 77515, 77534, 77577, 77583

The following zip codes have sustained extensive damage, and will therefore have a restoration timeline that extends beyond Monday, September 22:

77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012, 77013, 77014, 77015, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77037, 77038, 77040, 77044, 77045, 77046, 77047, 77048, 77051, 77053, 77054, 77056, 77057, 77058, 77059, 77060, 77061, 77062, 77063, 77064, 77066, 77067, 77068, 77069, 77070, 77071, 77073, 77074, 77075, 77076, 77078, 77081, 77085, 77086, 77087, 77088, 77089, 77090, 77091, 77093, 77096, 77098, 77379, 77380, 77386, 77388, 77389, 77401, 77422, 77459, 77489, 77502, 77503, 77504, 77505, 77506, 77507, 77510, 77515, 77517, 77518, 77520, 77521, 77530, 77531, 77532, 77534, 77535, 77536, 77539, 77541, 77545, 77546, 77547, 77550, 77551, 77554, 77562, 77563, 77565, 77566, 77568, 77571, 77573, 77578, 77581, 77583, 77584, 77586, 77587, 77590, 77591, 77598

Tags: centerpoint energy, hurricane ike, motorcycles, police, power

6 Comments + Add Comment

groovehouse September 19, 2008 at 9:40 am

Props and bravo to your Dad and all those Electric Workers from everywhere! Thanks!

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F. September 19, 2008 at 9:57 am

I love firsthand recounts. Thanks for sharing that with us.

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Sarah September 19, 2008 at 10:08 am

Yay Mr. Danna! Major props to the Centerpoint peeps and to people like your dad for helping Houston recover!

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Magsmac September 19, 2008 at 10:58 am

I love your Dad… he deserves a big thank you hug!!!

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Vegan_Noodle September 19, 2008 at 2:42 pm

I really have a lot of respect for those guys.. sounds like they are doing their best! Unfortunately my zip code is in the beyond Monday list…. :-(

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drmiggy September 23, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Charles21 is teh awesome.

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