 Many Houston area residents are struggling as they wait for electricity to come back on after Hurricane Beryl. The AP's Jennifer King. Three days after Beryl, many Houston residents are coping with sweltering heat, no power, and for many, no water. I'm trapped up here. 72-year-old Robert Ashley uses a motorized chair. His neighbor Melva Scott has been helping out while the elevators are out at their apartment building. Asked him, I say, oh, do you want a sandwich or something? You hungry? Because they had told me he was hungry.