2024 Hurricane Season thread of DOOM

[InkaUtexas 25,541]

11 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Coming to finish off the two panels Helene didn’t get

 

https://www.si.com/mlb/rays-tropicana-field-repairs-project-stadium-unfit-until-2026

yeah, no shit. I posted that in the MLB thread. Did not even think to put it here. Fuck the Rays and their shit catwalk stadium.

[Captainant 27,496]

Probably a better thread, but this has been where Centerpoint has been discussed most: 

https://www.click2houston.com/consumer/2024/11/14/audit-for-major-us-energy-company-centerpoint-after-accusations-its-overcharging-customers-100m-a-year

HOUSTON – Major U.S. energy provider CenterPoint Energy is under scrutiny following allegations of overcharging customers by $100 million annually. The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) has approved an audit to examine the company’s spending of taxpayer dollars.

The PUC voted Thursday to find a third party to audit CenterPoint. Not only has the energy company been accused of overcharging, they’ve been criticized by customers and the state’s Lt. Governor Dan Patrick for spending $800M to lease 20 massive mobile generators. Fifteen of them have never been used because they’re not all that mobile -- they take days to move.

PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson emphasized the audit will assess CenterPoint’s emergency operations and generator allocation. The audit report is expected by April.