Beryl outages cause concern for Texas heat and humidity
Outages from Hurricane Beryl cause concern during Texas heat and humidity. Storm chaser Aaron Jayjack reports that people are stocking up on gas for generators and crews working to restore power.
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00:00Aaron, we've been checking in with you all day. You kind of recapped your experience yesterday
00:04and most recently you were telling us about just how hot and humid it was out there for residents.
00:08It looks like you've got a gas station behind you. Are folks trying to run out and refuel?
00:14Yeah, that's right. This appears to be the only place or one of the only places in town
00:18here in Palacios, Texas that has power. I talked to the to the lady that's running the gas station
00:23inside. She says it's it is power. It's not a generator. But talking to some of the folks here,
00:28they're filling up lots of gas cans. They said that they don't have power. So likely,
00:32you know, they're getting gas for their generators and whatnot. There is also a
00:35supermarket just down the road that I saw as folks going into it. Lots of cars parked out front.
00:40My guess is that they're trying to prioritize these locations, gas stations, supermarkets,
00:45the essential places, get that power up first. That's the most important, especially with this
00:50heat, this humidity here. It is a brutal day here for that heat and humidity here in Palacios,
00:56Texas, all along the Gulf Coast. So you need that power to get that get the air conditioners on,
01:02you know, like the gas for the generators to get air conditioners on power, refrigerators,
01:07maybe get an ice at the at the supermarkets. But I did. You know, I was in Port Lavaca earlier.
01:12A huge crew was there. They were they were using that as their headquarters.
01:16They all slowly dispersed out of Port Lavaca and moving into these areas like Palacios. And I did
01:22run into some of those utility crews that were bringing power lines, a swath of power poles
01:26had been knocked down by barrel when I made landfall the other day. So fortunately here,
01:31it looks like things are moving pretty good and getting the power back online.
01:35Not a lot of damage here in Palacios. But, you know, if you get those power poles up higher
01:41elevation, you know, we're kind of we're about 15 to 20 miles west of where the I made landfall.
01:47So those stronger winds were a little higher off of the ground. So strong enough to bring
01:52power poles down. I reached up high into the air. I think a lot of people are watching the
01:56important role of a storm chaser during the storm. What do you think the most important
01:59thing for you to be doing right now is? Well, you know, I'm not just a storm chaser.
02:05You know, I'm trying to document the story out here, capture the the fights and sounds
02:10and what's happening. And that includes not just the storm itself, but, you know,
02:14the build up to the storm, people making preparations. And then probably most importantly
02:20is the recovery effort so that, you know, you get these stories out into the world,
02:24people can see that and it helps bring that help flooding in and getting the search crews here,
02:29getting utility crews here, donations for people that might need help here. So, you know, it's not
02:35just chasing the storm, it's capturing the whole story, telling that whole story, you know, and
02:40being out here to try and do what I can. And that's my job out here. So. Aaron, giving me the
02:46chills this morning. Just so inspirational having you out there. We appreciate you just being so
02:50human out there and giving us the feel for how folks are across the Lone Star State. So we do
02:56appreciate you checking on in and bringing us those updates here on Accurate Early.