 Buchanan and Blackwell were also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. Brennan Dixon, WBT News. Still a hot mess in Texas. Power restoration efforts continue in Houston days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, initially leaving around 2.7 million people in the dark amid a dangerous heat wave. Look, we live here, we work here, we have employees that don't have power as well. It's miserable. CenterPoint's local director of government affairs, Paul Locke.