For the Houstonians who have now spent five days without power, things are starting to weigh on them physically and mentally.
HOUSTON — Residents in a northeast-side neighborhood are among those still dealing with the problems created byOn Friday, McGowen sat in a lawn chair next to a cooler in front of the place he's called home for 50 years."Nobody should have to live like this," he said."You keep thinking they're coming on ... no light. So you gotta do the best you can -- try to stay cool and try to keep you some water," he said."That's the room the tree fell in," she said.
A tree came crashing through her and her husband's bedroom, but thankfully, they were in another room when it happened."We're waiting to see, can we get help?" she said."I can't do nothing 'til they get that tree cut down -- put a tarp on and then I got to wait on my insurance. It's a wait-and-see game," he said.
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