text:  At the peak of the outages, more than 2.2 million CenterPoint customers were without power. That's more than when Ike, a Category 4 storm, hit Houston in 2008. Once barrel passed, attention turned to the heat. Houston faced triple-digit heat indexes Tuesday and today. Alicia Oshodi is a CenterPoint spokesperson. We're very aware and recognize that it's uncomfortable due to the heat and critical for some that we get power back on so that they have air conditioning.