kyle this stuff we get from you is much better than the evening news.
--- On Mon, 9/15/08, KE Cleveland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: KE Cleveland <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Forwarding a report from Chambers County (TX)
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 9:26 PM
> I'm passing along a report from the Emergency Management
> Agency (EMA) in
> Chambers County, TX. It sort of gives you an idea of what
> we're dealing
> with. Let me know if I'm boring you guys with this
> stuff and I'll quit
> clogging bandwidth.
>
> Here's more irony for you: The Ohio Guard only has
> about 2K troops left in
> the state. Latest estimates are that there about 2M people
> without power
> now. Apparently they're having trouble bringing people
> back online because
> of all the appliances and air conditioners that were
> running when the grid
> went down. The load is so great when the lines get
> reconnected that the
> sheer current load knocks the substations back offline.
> Here's the rub:
> They can't let people know that they need to shut off
> their appliances that
> start with heavy loads because, well, there's no power
> to run TVs and
> radios.
>
> I spoke with my boss at the county today and he said that
> we've tripled our
> normal 911 load in the last 24 hours. It's a mess all
> over.
>
> Kyle
>
> Sent from Kyle Cleveland's Palm IIIc
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> 15SEP08 - 1946 CDT
>
> *Chambers** County* is a 599-square-mile county located in
> Texas within the
> Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. The 2005
> census was 28,411
> residents. Source: NACo
>
>
>
> *Report from Chambers County EOC*: First of all, Ike was
> pretty much an
> equal opportunity disaster. In other words, destruction
> happened from one
> end of the county to the other. What we do see, is much
> more destruction in
> the lower lying areas like Oak Island and Smith Point. For
> certain, Oak
> Island is the community which we have seen the most
> extensive damage, and by
> that I mean the entire community was almost completely
> destroyed. Most of
> the houses are completely gone and by that I mean they
> actually are not
> THERE.
>
> Right now, the state focus is still search and rescue.
> Three persons were
> found alive yesterday that washed ashore into Chambers
> County from Galveston
> Co (Bolivar, Crystal Beach, etc.). Today, three more
> persons were found
> alive. This is incredible. We have spoken to them and they
> have amazing
> stories. However, there are also some who were not so
> fortunate. So, just so
> you will understand, the state is trying to save as many
> lives as they can
> right now, before it is too late. When they complete that,
> they will shift
> into full-blown recovery.
>
> We do not have food, water, and ice distribution points
> ready. We just now
> today got email working. We are having severe
> communications trouble
> throughout the county, but this is improving day by day.
> Many landlines, I
> am told, are working. We are waiting on state resources
> consisting of food,
> water, and ice. They say they are on the way, but we have
> only received one
> truck and it went fast. When distribution does start, it
> will be at Cedar
> Bayou Community building, Winnie Community Building,
> Barbers Hill Middle
> School, and Anahuac High School. We are trying to set up
> shelters, but do
> not have them ready. We are trying to get generators for
> shelters and food
> etc. for the shelters. When we are able to establish this,
> we will
> distribute the word about distribution points for food and
> water, as well as
> shelters.
>
> I have seen many electrical trucks flooding into the county
> to begin utility
> repairs. We have no idea when services will be restored. We
> are not
> prohibiting any residents from entering the county. There
> were some
> misconceptions and rumors going around, but they are not
> true. We are not
> making anyone leave, nor prohibiting them from entering as
> long as they are
> a resident. We still have curfews, but that is to ensure
> persons that do not
> belong here are not roaming the streets and stealing your
> stuff.
>
> You have to understand, if you do return, we have nothing
> to give you at
> this point. We have no shelters, no food, no water, and no
> ice. Hardly any
> stores are open, even in Baytown and surrounding areas. Gas
> stations have
> large lines, and shortages. We have police at stations that
> are open to
> control problems.
>
> Please try to understand the magnitude of this storm. It
> has possibly been
> 100 years since a storm causing this type of devastation
> has hit Chambers
> County. We have estimated that the last storms this severe
> in our area were
> in 1900 or 1915. If you have any questions, or want to
> check to see when
> shelters or point of distribution (POD) sites will be open
> so you can pick
> up food, water, or ice, please call the EOC at
> 409-267-8295.
>
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