Businesses Suffering After Beryl, Utility Workers Attacked, and FEMA Assistance

It’s been over a week since Beryl hit H-Town, but we’re just starting to learn about the short and long-term impacts on businesses that have been without power. Host Raheel Ramzanali is talking ABC13 reporter Pooja Lodhia about that story, how utility workers are being threatened, a new class action case against CenterPoint, and some fond memories about columnist Ken Hoffman.

Here's more about the stories from today's episode. 

• 'A freight train's coming' | Gov. Abbott, Lt. Gov. Patrick demand answers from CenterPoint on Beryl preparation and response
• Houston power outages: Abbott says CenterPoint must formulate storm plans as more than 385,000 without power Sunday
• Houston restaurant owner frustrated amid power outage impacted by Beryl: 'I'm fed up'
• FEMA opens applications for individuals and business owners impacted by Hurricane Beryl
• Small Business Administration loans 
• Derecho-stricken Houstonians forced to face FEMA aid process again after Beryl
• CenterPoint says threats continue against repair crews after Hurricane Beryl
• Hurricane Beryl leads to at least 13 Houston area deaths, but a full count is weeks away. Here's why.
• Tony Buzbee announces class action case against CenterPoint 
• Houston hospitals see abnormally large spike in carbon monoxide poisoning visits, even compared to past storms
• Ken Hoffman knows whom to blame for Houston's too slow Beryl recovery
• City Cast Pittsburgh: An Eyewitness Account of the Trump Rally Shooting

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