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Great Tips To Survive Hurricane Power Outage

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[caption id="attachment_4592" align="alignright" width="300"] Hurricane Laura is predicted to arrive in Texas as a Category 3 storm with winds at 100 mph! Are you ready for when the electricity goes out in Houston, TX? [/caption] Houston Could Lose Electricity This Week Hurricane Laura is predicted to make landfall somewhere between San Luis Pass, Texas and Intracoastal City, Louisiana as the season's first major hurricane. Packing Category 3 winds of 100 mph, the storm is expected to make landfall sometime either late Wednesday or early Thursday morning. With winds that strong, state emergency officials know that it isn't a question of "if" the electricity goes out but rather "when". The damage caused by the wind and rain from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 took CenterPoint Energy nearly two weeks to return to normal operations.   While many Houston households own small gas-powered generators, not all do. And if you haven't mad