>> WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
FOR YOU TOP.
FOR YOU TOP.
WE BEGIN WITH CHANNEL TWO INCHES
SOFIA LIVE IN OAK RIDGE NORTH
NEAR THE WOOD LAND WITH THE
NEWEST INFORMATION TONIGHT,
SOFIA.
>> Reporter: KRIS, ENERGY SAYS
THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING
ON TRANSMISSION LINES, THAT THEY
BELIEVE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
OUTAGES.
THAT REPAIR WORK IS SUPPOSED TO
BE DONE TONIGHT AND THEN
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL SPEED UP THE
PROCESS GETTING THE POWER BACK
ON FOR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE OAK
RIDGE SECTION, FAMILIES WERE OUT
OF POWER FOR SEVEN HOURS, ABOUT
SEVEN HOURS TODAY AND THEY SAY
WHEN THEY LOSE POWER, THEY ALSO
LOSE WATER.
>> Reporter: TRINA BROWN BOYD
TAKES CARE OF HER BROTHER T.J.
AND HER BROTHER’S FRIEND NATHAN
WHO BOTH HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND
REQUIRE A LOT OF CARE.
WHEN THE POWER WE WANT OUT, THEY
ALSO HAD NO WATER AND THE HEAT
QUICKLY ROSE INSIDE THEIR HOME.
IT WAS A SUPER HARD DAY FOR
EVERYONE.
>> WITH THE HEAT, IT WAS
UNBEARABLE.
AND THEY GET ANTSY WHEN THEY
DON’T HAVE THEIR ELECTRONICS.
SO WHEN STUFF STARTED TO DIE,
HAD TO ANYTHING OUT SOMETHING TO
DO.
I GOT READY TO COOK MY HOUSE IS
ALL ELECTRIC, I COULDN’T COOK.
>> Reporter: TRINA CALLED ENERGY
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ALL DAY LONG
THINK FINALLY FINDING SOME
INFORMATION ONLINE.
ENERGY’S WEBSITE SHOWING MORE
THAN 100,000 CUSTOMERS IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY WITHOUT POWER
FOR A HUGE CHUNK OF THE DAY.
ENERGY TWEETING OUT TO
CUSTOMERS, THEY HAVE STARTED
PERIODIC POWER OUTAGES, TO
PREVENT A MORE EXTENSIVE PRO
FREE THROWS LONGED POWER OUTAGES
THAT COULD AFFECT THE
RELIABILITY OF THE POWER GRID.
ENERGY TELLS CHANNEL 2 THEY NEED
TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE
DONE TO THEIR TRANSMISSION
SYSTEM BY HURRICANE LAURA IN
EAST TEXAS AND WEST LOUISIANA.
MANY OF PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH
SAY, THEY JUST WANTED SOME
NOTICE.
>> I UNDERSTAND, MY HEART GOES
OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN
DISTRESS RIGHT NOW, IT REALLY IS
BUT TASTE, AT LEAST LET US KNOW
SO WE CAN PREPARE.
>> Reporter: AGAIN, THE LATEST
FROM ENERGY THE POWER COMPANY,
SAYS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON TRANSMISSION LINES,
THAT THEY BELIEVE CAUSED THE
POWER OUTAGES HERE.
THEY SAID THAT REPAIR WORK
SHOULD BE DONE TONIGHT.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD
HELP SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF
GETTING POWER BACK ONTO
EVERYBODY.
MD ANDERSON THE WOOD LAND WILL
BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE POWER
