The Minister of international relations of Quebec Christine St-Pierre announced that the Secretary of state of Texas , Rolando Pablos refused humanitarian assistance Canada. Instead, the official suggested that the people of Quebec to pray.
«It was a conversation about what happened upsetting situation, and what we would like to Express my support for the people of Texas,» said Saint-Pierre. The official assured Pablos that Canada is ready to offer help engineers Hydro-Quebec to restore electricity in Texas. In addition, they would like to transfer the victims hygiene products, blankets, beds and pillows. However, the official representative of Texas responded to the offer in their own way. According to St-Pierre, he simply asked, «people of Quebec to pray.»
As reported by the Houston Chronicle, at the moment, more than 40 thousand residents of Houston cut off from the power supply. People living in the cities of Fulton, Aransas Pass and Rockport, will be without power until 8 September. The representative of Hydro-Quebec , Louis-Olivier Batty said that their equipment is ready to drive the 30 hours to help restore power lines.
Recall that Hydro-Quebec has sent 250 employees to assist after hurricane Katrina in 2005.
