SUGAR LAND, Texas – For those without power still from Hurricane Beryl, the focus in recent days has not only been on when someone might be on their street working to get the power back on, but also on the skies.
“It’s like the one time I don’t want rain because I usually like having rain around here,” said Aerie Hsu, a Sugar Land resident.
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The reason is simple. Three days filled with thunder and lightning in the aftermath of Beryl has been a factor for crews to contend with when it comes to picking up debris or getting the power back on.
Raj Singh says he has been monitoring the weather carefully. “100%,” said Singh.
In recent days, Singh says his concerns have been heightened when looking at the radar.
“I thought, ‘Oh my God, 1:45, they will stop working at three o’clock because it will start raining,’” said Singh.
A worker KPRC 2 Investigates spoke with off-camera made it clear that if lightning or thunder roll through the area they are working in, they must stop working, which is exactly what has happened on multiple occasions this week.
“I’m like here it comes this going to be delayed again tomorrow, they told me the end of day they would fix this area and now with the storm coming and they are right there, there is not much we can do,”' Hsu said.
Aside from a slow response in the eyes of its customers and the weather, workers also shared that because of a wet spring and summer, the soil in our area is saturated with water. As a result of this, they have been also having to deal with more mud than expected.
This all is much different than a year ago when the area was seeing with daily sunny skies while dealing with a drought.
KPRC 2 Investigates did see crews attempting to get the power back on the street Singh and Hsu live on lay Saturday afternoon, but by early evening storms had once again moved into the neighborhood.