https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-grocery-stores-storm-19464044.php

2024-05-19
Houston - Resident shopping for cold cuts because her apartment is without power and she had nothing to eat. Kroger employee yells out: “We can only take card(s).” ~ "power outages could last for weeks" at one of America's biggest cities...

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A couple months later: Hurricane Beryl hit. Amateur radio operators were heard discussing the effects.