HOUSTON — Like several folks in Houston's Timbergrove neighborhood, Conrad Fertitta still has a pile of debris in his front yard from the May 16 derecho storm.
“Since you left two weeks ago, I've called at least six more times,” Fertitta told us on Sunday. “I feel like I’m talking to a wall. Nobody's hearing me.”
He’s also waiting to get a new roof because the storm damaged shingles.
“There's a lot of grit that falls off there. So, in the mornings after heavy rain, I've got black granules all over around the house because the roof is old. It’s about 18 years old,” Fertitta said.
He's worried the roof won't hold up in another storm.
“They're waiting on a permit. So that's been waiting three weeks,” said Fertitta. “It's slowly going and all it's going to take is another good rain."
Fertitta is also concerned about where the rain will go with debris still covering several sidewalks including a large portion of his.
“All the water comes from the beginning of the block, and we're at the end. Water has no place to go, so the streets flood,” he said.
The worried homeowner just hopes that he and his neighbors can get things taken care of and beat the rain.
Homeowners still waiting for debris pickup should call 311. An online debris tracker set up by the city wasn't working on Sunday.