Houston family without power after storm struggle to care for disabled son

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  • Many Houstonians with underlying health conditions are left having to figure everything out on their own as many homes are still without power. FOX 26's Jonathan Mejia spoke with a family struggling to keep their disabled son alive without electricity.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 160

  • @RichardSmith-bm2us
    @RichardSmith-bm2us 24 дні тому +69

    I wish I had the $ to help this family. It hurts to watch this family struggle like this. There must be an Angel out there watching who can bless them. You are in my prayers

    • @mizzury54
      @mizzury54 23 дні тому +5

      Maybe those people who contributed to the keggar for the NC frat boys who put up our flag could get their money back and do something actually useful with it by helping this family and others who really need help.

    • @creasefold1986
      @creasefold1986 23 дні тому +3

      @@mizzury54 This is a great point.

    • @CountryboyBOB
      @CountryboyBOB 23 дні тому +1

      Where can I send something to them?

    • @sylviarivas741
      @sylviarivas741 19 днів тому

      Why there family not there helping .. why she not prepared with generator water food for emergency happ evry year whe her family frie6

  • @nereida116
    @nereida116 23 дні тому +41

    What an incredible mother! Lord bless them both!

  • @aletageer6911
    @aletageer6911 24 дні тому +34

    God bless you for taking care of your son!

  • @jblipscomb32
    @jblipscomb32 22 дні тому +10

    Now that's a MOTHER ❤

  • @donnah5378
    @donnah5378 24 дні тому +34

    I pray electricity gets back on soon for his sake 🙏🏾

  • @mrsdraper171
    @mrsdraper171 23 дні тому +10

    He has a wonderful Mom.

  • @sammijack
    @sammijack 24 дні тому +27

    Yes, take him to hospital.
    Prayers 🙏🙏🙏

  • @user-jg6kk7lz5r
    @user-jg6kk7lz5r 24 дні тому +21

    Some one get them a generator come together in unity in Divine Love and compassion

    • @drea409
      @drea409 23 дні тому +2

      They have a generator, he said she ran out of gas for it

  • @janehyden1652
    @janehyden1652 24 дні тому +30

    OH FEEL SO SAD FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE LIFE IS THREATENED

  • @Foreign_Chocolate
    @Foreign_Chocolate 24 дні тому +32

    Please turn her lights on🥺

  • @sheilamcclellan8693
    @sheilamcclellan8693 24 дні тому +8

    Prayers for all suffering still in this nightmare ❤

  • @broadcastmyself77
    @broadcastmyself77 22 дні тому +3

    I wish I had all the money in the world to help this kind of people 😢

  • @TOPHITTA463
    @TOPHITTA463 24 дні тому +11

    Hope all get power,🙏

  • @theophany78
    @theophany78 22 дні тому +2

    Please Heavenly forces, protect and bless that family and all the other families suffering.

  • @vickilindberg6336
    @vickilindberg6336 24 дні тому +7

    Could the family get a battery manufacturer to donate a rechargeable battery or two, & a solar panel?

  • @arthurfoyt6727
    @arthurfoyt6727 23 дні тому +5

    Good for her. She's prepared.

  • @sandibaker5298
    @sandibaker5298 23 дні тому +3

    This is the very reason generators are a necessity! God bless & keep them!❤

  • @joyfullove100mommy
    @joyfullove100mommy 19 днів тому

    Lord bless this mother an her child anyone else going Through anything I pray lord in name of you please Am praying for help for them people protect them lord give them strength. ❤

  • @drea409
    @drea409 23 дні тому +3

    Public service announcement because so many people don't watch or listen to the video: the family already has a generator. You can see it at 1:21
    Although they have a generator, they did run out of gas. If they need help, it would be someone to get gas to them, not (another) generator

  • @joycenelson9057
    @joycenelson9057 24 дні тому +50

    Take him to the Hospital!

    • @cumfartchuglord
      @cumfartchuglord 24 дні тому +7

      No, just film him.

    • @cloudswinger2000
      @cloudswinger2000 24 дні тому +18

      The hospital is too expensive, she can't afford the thousands per night.

    • @miguelalvarado2673
      @miguelalvarado2673 24 дні тому +13

      He doesn't want to go! Respect his wishes. The nursing agency & Humbolt city shouldn't just leave his mom to fix everything by herself. She needs a bigger, better generator, she's stressed out. Step it up, city officials, the sick and elderly need you now!

    • @BrandonHm-ko3nl
      @BrandonHm-ko3nl 24 дні тому +3

      ​@@cloudswinger2000he is disabled he has full insurance 😂

    • @sandraphillips7827
      @sandraphillips7827 23 дні тому +2

      Brandon and that’s funny why.

  • @hydrowolfx
    @hydrowolfx 21 день тому

    i really hope this family has power now. i feel really bad for this family wish i can help them.

  • @sharonhuery8871
    @sharonhuery8871 23 дні тому +2

    My Prayers 🙏 Goes Out To The Family. God 🙏 Bless You

  • @vpej8508
    @vpej8508 22 дні тому +2

    What a awesome mother he has. They are making solar powered air conditioners, maybe a charity out there can donate one to this mother and her son.

  • @reneeflounory5208
    @reneeflounory5208 24 дні тому +6

    Take him to the HOSPITAL!!

  • @CountryboyBOB
    @CountryboyBOB 23 дні тому

    Stay strong praying for you brother 👍🇺🇸

  • @August84118
    @August84118 23 дні тому +3

    I think states should assist families and those in at-home-care with emergency generators or at the least evacuate them as first priority to where they can obtain and continue life saving support.

  • @arctic_gaming-6187
    @arctic_gaming-6187 23 дні тому +1

    Help them Father please

  • @joerudnik9290
    @joerudnik9290 24 дні тому +6

    I’m surprised that they haven’t gotten backup electrical power. I’m sure a go fund me page would do it. In the meantime, a hospital, a fire station, a nursing home.🙂

    • @mizzury54
      @mizzury54 23 дні тому

      People are tapped out after helping the NC frat boys have a $500K kegger for raising a flag. Another example of misplaced priorities and oddball hero worship.

    • @oldNavyJZ
      @oldNavyJZ 23 дні тому +1

      Did you not watch the whole video? They have a generator and large power banks.

  • @justjen12345
    @justjen12345 23 дні тому

    Sending hugs

  • @donnalynch6845
    @donnalynch6845 22 дні тому

    Hang in they Mom may God be with you and your Son , don't gave have FAITH 🙏🙏👌🤗❤❤🇧🇧🇧🇧,i ll. Pray 🤲

  • @carriebaker5161
    @carriebaker5161 24 дні тому +4

    Are there any chances that a neighbor may have Solar Power and be willing to let them plug into it? If i did, I'd let them plug in.

  • @Coloradohomestead22
    @Coloradohomestead22 23 дні тому +2

    Call a community outreach group, explain your needs, and request a generator.

  • @Mabel-wi6fy
    @Mabel-wi6fy 20 днів тому

    Mamma doing amazing pray you have electric soon. ❤ Be sure and get in cool water and take of yourself too.

  • @PP-mz4hv
    @PP-mz4hv 17 днів тому

    Churches, where are you all at during this families time if need? I'll cheerfully donate to their GoFund Me.

  • @thewoodmoose
    @thewoodmoose 21 день тому

    ❤😢

  • @irenetellez846
    @irenetellez846 23 дні тому

    Prayers she gets her electric back on for her son.

  • @mstruckingtradercashier7283
    @mstruckingtradercashier7283 23 дні тому

    🙏

  • @AliciaJoseph-is2pm
    @AliciaJoseph-is2pm 22 дні тому

    hope everyone WAKE UP TO GOD IS HERE N TRYING TO SHOW... GOD BLESS EVERYONE LOVE ALL YALL WHO READ THIS🙌🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @KoiPisces
    @KoiPisces 23 дні тому

    🙏🏾 🙏🏾

  • @bettysmith5678
    @bettysmith5678 19 днів тому

    How can we help to get her generator that doesn't rely on electricity There is some advertising on TV.

  • @jaygdad
    @jaygdad 24 дні тому +10

    Tesla charging stations for everyone tho…..somehow. Many realities

    • @iMatti00
      @iMatti00 24 дні тому

      It’s gonna be extremely difficult, and I don’t know the right answer. But I do know is we should have been getting our self independent where we can use the free sun as a major source of energy back 40 years ago instead of getting hooked back on the oil drug like we have been.
      It sure doesn’t help us that the oil and gas industry pumps millions upon millions to those in office and for advertisements to fool the public.

  • @XxHarmony63Xx
    @XxHarmony63Xx 23 дні тому

    Oh my goodness, what an incredibly difficult situation! I'm hoping that they've been able to work out something for this family.
    My thought was that perhaps they have friends or family outside of the area of outages. If so, the local paramedics/ambulance/ emergency management could assist in the process of transferring this fellow & his mother to a residence where he can safely stay until their power at home is restored. Thus avoiding a hospital stay.
    Years ago, my area suffered a massive power outage. It took 14 days to have it restored. It was a difficult situation! Many people outside of town have well water, so you don't have water either. So, there was no bathing/showering, flushing toilets, doing laundry, or dirty dishes. We had a propane camp stove to cook with or try to melt some snow for a precious spongebath, but OMG, you'd get SO cold 🥶. The temperature during this duration was in single digits or below zero. We had a generator & a propain lamp, but the town soon ran out of gas,propane, bottled water food staples & generators! I mean, wow, there's so much you don't think of until you're in these situations! I also used a pap machine at the time & couldn't use it, so I didn't get proper rest... I could go on, but my point is that I very much related with her situation. Except that her situation with her son's needs is a much more dire situation. I hope that they get some assistance very soon! ❤

  • @kathyb606
    @kathyb606 24 дні тому

    🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @murphyville
    @murphyville 22 дні тому

    I wish I could help

  • @EricMcphail
    @EricMcphail 22 дні тому

    God will bless her and her son. This is sad. They need to turn these lights back on. Its goibg to get very hot

  • @essiebessie661
    @essiebessie661 24 дні тому +3

    They should have a generator, or be on a list of power-dependent invalids that get evacuated.

    • @wolfumz
      @wolfumz 24 дні тому

      lol wow just going with the nazi approach
      conservatives are always absurdly cruel about this stuff, until they find themselves in a similar situation.

  • @philliphall5198
    @philliphall5198 22 дні тому

    Show her how to fuel up the generator safely with a funnel please 😊
    Get some fans over there asap

  • @Sasha-ws6gv
    @Sasha-ws6gv 22 дні тому +1

    I'm confused.. so they can go to the hospital and have the power they need! GO TO THE HOSPITAL WTF!!

    • @chazzw5388
      @chazzw5388 21 день тому

      They being stubborn and picky!!!

  • @bettysmith5678
    @bettysmith5678 19 днів тому

    Are there any shelters she can take him too

  • @chazzw5388
    @chazzw5388 21 день тому

    He is in a life or death situation! He just don't wanna go and is stubborn as his mother! Go to the hospital now! You in dire straights!!! Stop demanding the city to repair all that storm damage In 1 hour just for yourselves when they can't!!!

  • @ckelly8833
    @ckelly8833 23 дні тому

    I truly pray and hope that the power and electricity is restored to you and your neighborhood soon and quickly... In JESUS NAME 🙏🙏🙌🙌😭😭💙

  • @constancewashington9019
    @constancewashington9019 24 дні тому

    Hospital is your best bet. I am sure a lot of people were not expecting the storms to be this bad and having medical emergencies also.

  • @sherrywiggins1972
    @sherrywiggins1972 23 дні тому +3

    Why has the power company not brought them a generator?

  • @VargasandLaRueChannel
    @VargasandLaRueChannel 22 дні тому

    In Jesus Name, bless them and their son

  • @jonvan2451
    @jonvan2451 21 день тому

    Dam

  • @user-mp9rd4hg8b
    @user-mp9rd4hg8b 22 дні тому

    1:19 she'd better be careful fueling that generator or she's going to need a go fund me to pay for her bills in the burn unit.

  • @philliphall5198
    @philliphall5198 22 дні тому

    There’s plenty of gas and diesel generators that can be used 😢

  • @user-ww2lg6nh7z
    @user-ww2lg6nh7z 23 дні тому

    Holy holy holy father plz hear our prayers out od humble and pure and purity of our hearts plz intervene and step in and pour ur spirit across the world and nation and existence and help us all with the aid and help we all need equally and plz continue to help us b brave ans stand up and out n do right n rightoues and help humanity n b true sons n daughters of Christ Amen

  • @scott7388
    @scott7388 22 дні тому

    Can someone take these people in for now? And water in some cases water is tied to electrical. So in some cases both are out

  • @WaveGod813
    @WaveGod813 22 дні тому

    Go to the hospital

  • @wlachappelle
    @wlachappelle 22 дні тому

    Where is abbott he is only thinking about himself

  • @nathanhale6496
    @nathanhale6496 22 дні тому

    don't wait for your government to help....Help yourself...

  • @snuff2023
    @snuff2023 21 день тому

    And our gov is sending money to other countries ill people when they could be taking care of this man 😢

  • @sylviarivas741
    @sylviarivas741 19 днів тому

    Why you not prepare with generators water foid medic

  • @cupcake2009ist
    @cupcake2009ist 21 день тому

    What if you’re on a breathing machine.

  • @SN-zb7ew
    @SN-zb7ew 24 дні тому +4

    Texas needs to vote out the individuals that are sitting in the seat of their government. They are not doing anything for the constituents of that state. The people of Texas are suffering on an outdated system in a governmental branch that does not want to Move forward…

  • @Fat12219
    @Fat12219 24 дні тому +3

    Och , without electricity 😮 !

  • @MeestorBeefy
    @MeestorBeefy 23 дні тому

    Cant run from

  • @cannkotlarz621
    @cannkotlarz621 24 дні тому +4

    Not sure why they dont have even a generator as they have dealt with this for years, a jackery is portable and must be recharged.

    • @donrainesoh
      @donrainesoh 24 дні тому +2

      Because people blame everyone else for their lack of due diligence.

    • @girlofanimation
      @girlofanimation 23 дні тому +10

      They literally say they're using a gas generator...

    • @ErH-sl2nh
      @ErH-sl2nh 23 дні тому +1

      Poverty

  • @sarcu95
    @sarcu95 24 дні тому +18

    How much money you making off this story? Since you’re there, help him

    • @wolfumz
      @wolfumz 24 дні тому +1

      lol what?

    • @realtalk2046
      @realtalk2046 24 дні тому

      That’s not how it works. Lights camera action, produce!!!!!

    • @fordifly1368
      @fordifly1368 24 дні тому

      Exactly. Generators aren’t all that expensive these days

    • @danjquiroz
      @danjquiroz 23 дні тому

      The job of journalism is to report the current events so people can act or not. They're not like a non-profit or something. Which they should be. But I think this is a case of the rare good kind of journalism.

    • @traceejohnson290
      @traceejohnson290 23 дні тому

      ​@@fordifly1368It depends on the size a good one is about $800.

  • @gooddad3575
    @gooddad3575 22 дні тому +1

    Buy a generator. Problem solved. Your welcome

  • @johnblasik9647
    @johnblasik9647 24 дні тому +2

    If I lived there I would loan them my generator.

  • @kekejefferson9219
    @kekejefferson9219 20 днів тому

    Require a generator for the disabled.

  • @GreatDepression2024
    @GreatDepression2024 23 дні тому +1

    Where's Willie D??!!

  • @user-oq3oi7ef2x
    @user-oq3oi7ef2x 24 дні тому +1

    Generator is $350 a disabled person geta a check and Houston has too many grants ANDDD illegal options to get $ foe a generator

    • @traceejohnson290
      @traceejohnson290 23 дні тому

      Huh?🤔

    • @drea409
      @drea409 23 дні тому +2

      ​@@traceejohnson290yeah, it's confusing. Not to mention, they already have a generator, they just ran out of gas

  • @Jayreisofficial
    @Jayreisofficial 24 дні тому +3

    Go to the hospital....
    These people gotta a whole house .
    They ain't doing that bad 😂

    • @dorothyflorence6839
      @dorothyflorence6839 24 дні тому +4

      @ Jayreisoffical Beloved now please tell us how you know that they’re not to bad? Tell us how you know what’s in their pockets, how they survive please. Because I know a lot of people that has a whole house that’s barely making it. With all that medical equipment, around the clock nursing, generator expense come on now. Do you know if they are renting or they purchased the house.
      Your response was so unnecessary and unkind to these individuals, you could have sent up an prayer or something anything but this comment this man’s life depends on the electrical power in full force.

    • @Jayreisofficial
      @Jayreisofficial 24 дні тому +1

      @@dorothyflorence6839 then they can sell it . Bam .

    • @chazzw5388
      @chazzw5388 21 день тому

      They have a home! The homeless don't!!!

  • @ErH-sl2nh
    @ErH-sl2nh 23 дні тому

    He could easily die in a hospital

  • @donrainesoh
    @donrainesoh 24 дні тому +2

    So they have someone in his shape and no generator?

    • @wolfumz
      @wolfumz 24 дні тому

      Generators are not coverable under Texas Medicaid through the Texas Health Steps
      I guess that the state of texas thought it was coddling, or was not fostering independence, to pay for a generator, like every other state.

    • @scottlecompte2400
      @scottlecompte2400 23 дні тому +7

      Did you watch the video she has a generator

    • @traceejohnson290
      @traceejohnson290 23 дні тому +3

      ​@@scottlecompte2400I don't know what the people in the comments were looking at. Not only did they say it but they also showed the Generator😏

  • @donnafechter5843
    @donnafechter5843 24 дні тому +10

    Where's Greg Abbott... Kissing butt at the NRA

    • @SN-zb7ew
      @SN-zb7ew 24 дні тому

      Greg Abbott is making more money keeping in Texas bound to his political gains Which he could care less about the constituents of Texas… Rebuild their infrastructure… Catch up to the rest of the United States…

    • @miguelalvarado2673
      @miguelalvarado2673 24 дні тому

      😂😂😂

    • @scottlecompte2400
      @scottlecompte2400 24 дні тому +4

      What is he supposed to do? The man is in a wheelchair he can't be climbing up electric poles hooking everyone's electric back up. When Mother Nature knocks out the power it takes a while to get it going .People need to learn how to take care of themselves when S### hits the fan.

  • @kaywatson6505
    @kaywatson6505 23 дні тому

    They need a back up generator.

  • @roberthenderson56
    @roberthenderson56 22 дні тому +1

    What is the Governor of Texas and Ted are doing about this matter and that's a Republican State lol and can't keep the Power on.

    • @lisabrickner6004
      @lisabrickner6004 22 дні тому

      They are not to blame.. Get real.. Did u even bother to look at what kind of storm hit them?? It was very serious.. Doesnt matter who is running the state.. However.. You Dems need to look at your own open air drug infested states..

  • @babyfunsize1188
    @babyfunsize1188 23 дні тому +1

    Still been without power since Thursday. No texts no calls no help. What is the government doing!!

  • @savagebeast322
    @savagebeast322 24 дні тому +4

    Who now understands that the Democrats push for ev's is wrong.

    • @iMatti00
      @iMatti00 24 дні тому

      You know, maybe if electric vehicles were pushed for in the past climate change wouldn’t be where it is now and there would be some of the storms. But I guess we should just wait until it’s much worse and then focus on it, right? I don’t know the answers to everything, but I do know is the oil and gas lobbyists are paying for things do not change. Maybe the push for electric vehicles and other electric issues is good, maybe it’s not, but I do know the people who are paying for it not to change are doing so out of self interest. They want to keep generational billions. Imagine if we would’ve focus on this in the 1980s when it was originally started instead of just going back on the oil. It’s kind of like a drug, you get on those painkillers and they feel too good to let go, we should let go or at least started tapering off back in the 1980s.

    • @cristianmunoz2480
      @cristianmunoz2480 23 дні тому

      Don't worry about the other comment. It's a communist that thinks EV Vehicles would've prevented a fucking tornado

  • @quitepossiblylucky
    @quitepossiblylucky 24 дні тому +11

    But let's send billions to Ukraine... SMH
    I hate our corrupt government. But I especially hate Dem voters.

    • @Thegrowerofthegreens
      @Thegrowerofthegreens 24 дні тому

      You do realize that roughly 80% of that aid was in the form of used military equipment right? We're not just sending them cash. Lay off the fox propaganda.

    • @seattlewa8500
      @seattlewa8500 24 дні тому

      Your hero Ted Cruz has most likely run off to CanCun again.

    • @barbaraburns8014
      @barbaraburns8014 24 дні тому +4

      Congress approved the money for ukraine, Israel and Palestine. The texas grid has been a problem before now. Abbott is responsible.

    • @iMatti00
      @iMatti00 24 дні тому +2

      Dear God, all I see is a 😭 with very low “capacity“, I will phrase it that way to be more polite. First, I can imagine you in the 1920s and 1930s saying just to let Germany do what they wanna do and that’s not bother with them, and then all sudden they attacked Pearl Harbor and sunk a huge amount of our military and killed Americans. Oops, looks like we should’ve dealt with them before hand. Because them in Japan brought the fight to us. You got to stop and out of control Putin before they get too big to stop later. It’s kind like going to the dentist, you can get a small cavity fixed easy but if you wait too long then there’s a lot of pain, a lot more cost, and a hell of a lot more work including maybe even pulling the tooth or doing a root canal. But it’s a simple fix if you get it caught quickly, you might not even have to have a Novacaine shot. But you would wait until several rotted out based on what I’m seeing here.
      And if you actually add up how much were sending it’s like $55 a year for 10 years per adult. There’s literally a stadium being built where the local taxpayers who may never use the sports stadium or having to pay $50 for a stadium which should be financed by the people who are going to see the sports event. But we can’t spend the same amount of money to allow Ukrainians to fight and we sit back nice and comfortable. The entire economy was changed in the 1940s to go after Germany and Japan. The lives of everybody in this country were upended. And then in 2024 nobody knows it’s even going on because it’s not actually hurting us at all, yet you have people that complain. This country has gone soft and weak.

    • @rowergirl21
      @rowergirl21 24 дні тому +1

      Yeah, dude, this happens to be a Texas issue. There are other problems that we can talk about with spending and money, but Texas chose to separate its electric grid from surrounding states.

  •  24 дні тому +12

    Money over life in texas ...the republican way .

    • @jackiecordova7291
      @jackiecordova7291 24 дні тому +2

      WHERE IS GREG ABBOTT AND TED CRUZ?

    •  24 дні тому

      @@jackiecordova7291 try cancun

    • @miguelalvarado2673
      @miguelalvarado2673 24 дні тому

      ​@@jackiecordova7291😂Cancun 😂😂!!! One other comment says Abbott kissing NRA butt😂

    • @cristianmunoz2480
      @cristianmunoz2480 23 дні тому +1

      Those damn Republicans using the tornado to tear down the power lines

    •  23 дні тому

      @@cristianmunoz2480 maybe they will help them with that ' rainy day fund ' but somehow i doubt it .

  • @ArmedAndIndigenous
    @ArmedAndIndigenous 23 дні тому +1

    Ah yes. Natural Selection

  • @conniebaker1958
    @conniebaker1958 23 дні тому

    🙏