Houston weather: City leaders give storm damage update

Houston city leaders, including Mayor John Whitmire, Houston Police Chief Larry Satterwhite, and Fire Chief Sam Peña, give an update on the storm damage that impacted the city.

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[himboprince]

I was driving home from work in the middle of this storm. Absolutely terrifying seeing people screaming and running for shelter because it came out of nowhere. It was a completely normal day and next thing you know, pitch black and high winds. Office buildings and restaurants opened their doors to let people in. I honestly should have just pulled over and gone inside too because it is nothing short of a miracle that I made it home safe.

[Sacred_Silence]

It literally came out of nowhere. I drove to work. And then 10 minutes later, within less than 2 minutes, the sky was green, i had 2 tornado warnings on my phone and then extremely heavy winds and rain I couldnt see through. I was actually nervous that my car was going to be swept away with me in it. Truly crazy situation. I was between two warehouses, about 20 feet in between them. That probably lessened the winds against me but it was still bad. Im glad it wasnt worse or lasted longer. That was around and 290 and 610. Right in the middle of all this. I'm also glad I had already made it to work. I'm back home now with no power but no damage to my apt thankfully.

[starletdavis]

No power!! But we are blessed to be alive!

[god]

God bless you Mayor and gentleman! Angels of protection protect your coming out and coming in.

[davidcalderon]

GOD bless Houston, prayers for the families.🙏🙌

[socialisttrafficregulator]

Saw up the wood, fix the homes.
Age the wood, and when it's all over;
Have barbecue gatherings.
Love from the upper Midwest.
We feel your pain. Hug your children,
and most of all be good to one another.

[scarter]

Crazy weather! Prayers to those who lost family members 🙏🏼 😔 Thanks to the first responders dealing with this mess and Stay Safe!

[philliphall]

Praying for everyone there, stay home and check on your neighbors
Clean up your yard if possible and help neighbors ❤❤❤

[PAMELAPORTER-cimr]

I lived in Houston for a decade and enjoyed it very much. It saddens me to keep hearing of bad storms and loss of life.

[ajxsmine]

Be safe out there everyone. Praying for all, God Bless.💜

[JPG]

Thank you, Mayor, for addressing the opportunists that will take advantage of the situation to do crime. Everyone stay safe and stay away from the power lines.

[JadaEbong]

Been in Texas most of my life and I've never actually had to deal with a tornado. The "extreme" warning/alert text they sent while everything still felt normal was so scary because I don't know what to do in a tornado situation! Like hurricanes, flash floods, extreme heat - i gotchu! but a TORNADO!?
I later drove to get food since my powers out and boy, nearly every road (mostly excluding highways) had some sort of hazard. I'm genuinely not even overstating, it looks like we just went through a hurricane in so many different areas

[Wishpool]

Mayor Whitmire meant to say "over 900, 000 without power" (not 900).

[jeromeburdine]

Can you imagine that they want everyone driving ev's??? In a situation like this where the power grid goes down and you are without power, you could be stuck wherever you are for weeks!!!!

[Emily_Paris]

God protect our first responders and essential workers and everyone in the path of the storm.

[TDLewis]

This did not come out of nowhere. All the TV stations meteorologists have been reporting We were going to have heavy torrential rain yesterday.

[doeplu]

Dude said over 900... its well over a million without lights

[karenhunter]

Praying for HOUSTON....take care of each other..🙏🙏

[mateoleon]

I just went outside with my big dog and I came back running because that shi is SCARY

[lisawyer]

Take care, and look out after each other.