81-year-old man checks into hotel after a week without power at senior living facility in Houston.

Houston-area residents, particularly seniors, are facing ongoing challenges after more than a week without power. An 81-year-old man, Theodore Doyle, checked into a $98-night hotel room after enduring extreme heat and no electricity for over a week at an independent living facility in Kingwood. Many residents relied on a generator-powered lounge for refuge, as they depend on electric wheelchairs and oxygen machines for pulmonary disease. The prolonged power outage has left some feeling hopeless and abandoned.

July 20, 2024
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