It was quiet Sunday morning across much of Houston, offering a sense of relief amid the Arctic front sweeping through Southeast Texas this weekend. Still, that brief respite was not universal, with some roads coated in ice and pockets of power outages reported.
CenterPoint Energy reported 3,756 customers experiencing power outages in the Houston area around 8:30 a.m. Sunday. The vast majority—78 percent—were in Harris County, primarily affecting the Greenspoint service area.
Several major roadways had icy spots, including all main lanes and interchange ramps of IH-45 northbound and southbound at SH-242, all main lanes of SH-288 northbound and southbound between the Clear Creek/Harris-Brazoria county line, and all main lanes of the North Grand Parkway eastbound at Riley Fuzzel Road, according to Houston Transtar…