Many Texans especially along the Gulf Coastline and Houston are still suffering from the effects of Beryl after it steamrolled through Texas on Monday bringing flooding and damage to some areas.

Beryl probably won't go down in the record books as one of the worst storms to come through, it still did enough damage to cause millions to be without power. But some folks have turned to a fast food app to help them figure out their "power" situation.

More than 2.2 million people throughout Texas were still without power Tuesday morning.

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Texas utility CenterPoint Energy has borne the brunt of the outages, with nearly 2 million customers in the dark Monday night, according to CNN. Though the company had braced for Beryl’s impact, it said the damage was more severe than it had expected.

With that being said, those with the means to do so, logged onto Centerpoint's website to track outages only to find that the website had crashed leaving customers "in the dark" about any updates. So folks turned to social media.

"X" User @BBQRyan Found A Way To Track Outages Using A Fast Food App.

The Whataburger at the Corner of 34th and Coulter in Amarillo, Texas
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If there's one thing we know in Texas, its that no matter what, WHATABURGER will be open somewhere. But if your Whataburger is CLOSED that means BIG trouble in your neck of the woods.

BBQRyan on X found out that using Whataburger's app could give you a good determination on where power outages were located at in the Houston area.




 

As you can see, Whataburger locations that are in "gray" means they are closed or not able to take online orders which is a good indicator that power is out in their area while the ones lit up in orange are good to go.

Once again, the orange A-Frames save the day.

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25 Felony Arrests Were Made 4th Of July Weekend In Smith County (07.07.24)

The following individuals were recently arrested and booked into the Smith County Jail and received at least one felony charge. These individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Some individuals have posted bail and are out of jail at this time while others are waiting for a bond hearing or court date.

All charges were current at the time this article was created, but some charges may have been dropped since.

Some of the individuals below might have been detained by Smith County deputies and are being held on a US Marshal, Federal, or Immigration detainer.

All information was obtained through an open records request and provided by the Smith County Sheriff's Office.

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