HOUSTON – A Garden Oaks man literally lit up with excitement as his power was finally restored, six days after it initially went out.
Ziad Taha told KPRC 2 he like many struggled to stay cool at his home near the intersection of Sue Barnett Drive and West 38th Street as temperatures inside got up to 88 degrees.
The temperatures forced Taha to send his wife and children to a relative’s home, throw out the food in the fridge and freezer, all while he tried to find ways to stay cool.
“We were able to open up some windows, I have portable fans that we had around the house, candles at night of course but just opened the doors and windows and hoped for some good wind,” Taha said.
Taha said now what he looks forward to the most is having his loved ones return home and enjoying the cool air circulating through his home.
He’s also said he plans to be ready the next time there’s a similar disaster.
“We are going to definitely invest in some generators. Yea absolutely, we can’t let that happen again,” said Taha.