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October 2008
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Accommodations: September 2008 ArchivesThe following Red Cross shelters have availability & are open: ...A former Auchan superstore is a Houston Red Cross shelter for returning evacuees who were bussed to other Texas cities before Hurricane Ike hit. Many of these residents can't return to their homes because their homes were severely damaged or destroyed in the storm.
Last Thursday the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) launched Operation Safe Shelter, a new emergency service that provides registered sex offender information to evacuation shelter personnel. Since Operation Safe Shelter's launch, emergency shelters have provided 5,555 evacuee names for OAG personnel to compare with the Department of Public Safety's sex offender registry. As of today, the OAG review uncovered 18 confirmed sex offenders. An additional 36 possible matches remain under review but have not yet been confirmed by OAG personnel. The evacuee lists containing confirmed matches were provi... Updated Red Cross shelter list: American Legion Hall The Bel Air, the apartment community at 2121 Allen Parkway, has units available and is offering short-term leases for evacuees and people temporarily displaced by the hurricane. Their telephone number is (713) 529-7700. Senior adults displaced by Hurricane Ike can find housing alternatives at Trinity Shores of Port Lavaca. Located only two hours from Houston, Trinity Shores is a Type B senior living community offering independent and assisted living, as well as a Memory Care unit for residents with dementia or Alzheimer's. ...Residents of southeast Texas may be in need of emergency shelter, food, water and medical care. They may also need assistance repairing damaged homes and other property. The following resources are available to help hurricane victims. Northgateinn motel has electric power and rooms available. The motel is located on FM 1960 and 1 Block West of Kuykendahl. For more information, call (281) 866 8155. The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), at the request of the State of Texas, will activate its transitional sheltering initiative to allow eligible Ike evacuees from Texas, who cannot return to their homes, to stay in hotels or motels until it is safe for them go home. FEMA will pay for the lodging directly to hotels and motels. A listing of participating hotels is available online at http://www.FEMAEvacHotels.com. This assistance is intended to provide a more appropriate extended sheltering environment to evacuees who cannot return home because their ne... Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston remains closed due to Hurricane Ike. The facility did recieve some damage and flooding. Since the Island remains closed at this time, all employees should stay where they are and continue to check our web site for further updates. As always we remain committed to our patients and hope to be operational soon. ...The Red Cross has opened additional shelters. Sugar Land First United Methodist Church First Assembly Church Lindale Assembly of God More than 5,000 people took refuge from Hurricane Ike at 53 different state parks across Texas. Most of them, more than 2,000, stayed at Garner, including many from the Houston-Galveston area who vacation at the park each year. ...The City of Conroe Offices are closed until further notice. There are two shelters available in the area. As of Saturday evening, 32 Texas State Parks remained closed due to Ike. However, several previously closed parks in Central and South Texas have reopened. ...Shelters in Montgomery County are without power and they have limited resources. The shelters in Montgomery County were shelters of last resort for victims of Hurricane Ike to "ride-out the storm." The current shelters do not have resources for long-term evacuees. ...With the remainder of Hurricane Ike pounding the Texas coast this afternoon, disaster response volunteers, now on hold, are eager to return to work on homes and businesses hardest hit by the monster storm. Search and rescue teams are expected to enter coastal areas today, as soon as the weather allows. ...Local shelters have opened in the City of Conroe. The below shelters are not Red Cross shelters: Montgomery County opened shelters of last resorts for citizens to ride out Hurricane Ike. Citizens who live in homes that cannot stand the storm, or who live in flood areas should consider evacuating to one of these shelters. ...Houston and Galveston residents who plan to leave the area should proceed to emergency evacuation sites which include the following locations: ...Evacuees from storm-damaged areas may tent camp at no cost in Texas State Parks, and they may stay in cabins or screen shelters at discounted rates. Some of the parks have closed due to the storm, so be sure to check the latest information is available through the Texas State Parks reservation center at (512) 389-8900 or on the TPWD Web site (www.tpwd.state.tx.us). ...Gov. Rick Perry announced on Thursday that he is suspending the collection of the state and local hotel and motel taxes under the Texas Tax Code for victims of Hurricane Ike for a period of 14 days, backdated to September 8, 2008. ...The Austin area is prepared to house thousands of Hurricane Ike evacuees from the Texas coast. Plans are under way to open temporary housing facilities at middle and high school gymnasiums throughout Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties. Evacuees are expected to provide their own bedding, towels and personal items such as medications and baby supplies such as diapers and formula. The evacuation shelters will provide a clean air-conditioned environment with food, clean restrooms and, in many cases, showers. ...
"Quite a few private parks are offering discounts of up to 50 percen... |
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