On Tuesday, Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, Houston Mayor John Whitmire and other local officials praised CenterPoint Energy’s power restoration efforts as roughly 126,000 residents remain in the dark.
Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones joined Garcia, who mentioned that Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey wanted to attend Tuesday's press conference but was unavailable then. Spiegel added that despite there being an exemption to this requirement for press conferences, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee has advised precinct personnel not to have more than two commissioners in any given place at the same time.
Houston ISD issued its latest chart of what schools are still closed, noting that it has purchased 120 additional chillers to cool schools while CenterPoint repairs continue.According to Briones, the storm significantly struck apartment complexes in the East Spring Branch area, leaving hundreds of children living in these units without roofs over their heads. She warned landlords that they were required to pick up debris or assist their tenants.
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD also informed parents and students that all of CFISD's schools and facilities would be open on Wednesday, excluding ten campuses: Bane Elementary School, Bridgeland High School, Cypress Park High School, Holbrook Elementary School, Labay Middle School, Lowery Elementary School, Postma Elementary School, Rowe Middle School, Sprague Middle School and Wells Elementary School.