Baytown Nursing Home Evacuated After Storm Evacuation Failure
Glenda Hafer and staff recount a difficult evacuation of 180 Baytown Nursing Home residents amid transportation delays and limited state resources. Firefighters, Bay Star Ambulance, and Texas Medical Transport aided as routes failed, with 14 residents remaining bed ridden requiring special transport.
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Glenda Hafer
Baytown
M Street
Connie
Alto
Grapeland
Clear Lake Shuttle
Huntsville
Jack Pitcock
Baytown Ems
Pitcock
Baytown Nursing Home
San Jacinto Mall
George R. Brown Convention Center
Kelly Brown
Bay Star Ambulance Service
Brown
Larry Sadecky
EMS
Jack
EOC
Ation
Texas Medical Transport
Channelview
Bay Star
Houston
Barbara Garrett- Mitchell
Nursing Home
Garrett Mitchell
Houston Hospitals Tighten Finances After Hurricanes Katrina Rita
Houston area hospitals estimate about 10 million in costs per facility for Katrina and Rita relief efforts. Losses hit operations but officials expect no layoffs though belt tightening will occur. Federal aid and Medicaid waivers may help, but timing and amounts are uncertain.
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Houston
Pat Carrier
Christus Health Gulf Coast
Dan Wolterman
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Leon Leach
Jennifer Harris
Texas Health and Human _ Services Commission
Chris Paulitz
Kay Bailey Hutchison
R-Texas
Wolterman
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Cory LaBianca
Austin
Rita Tent City Cools Amid Guarded Supplies After Outage
Centered cooling fans and two large trailers with 24 stalls serve residents, guarded water ice gas and food by a contractor and crew fearing looting. Workers restore power to about 9,000 downed transmission poles while residents’ living conditions spark mixed views.
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Tent City
Mike Folkes
Advance Training Services
Folkes
Entergy
Senior Olympics set for Baytown area centers and Lee College
The Senior Olympics, funded by Texas Health Spring for three years, will host events at Barrett Station Community Center Lee College Highlands Community Center J D Walker and Baytown Community Center with gold silver medals for top finishers. Volunteers include Lee College students Key Club members from Robert E Lee Ross Sterling high schools and Outback Steakhouse staff. transportation help provided by Harris County Precinct Two and Sylvia Garcia. For details call 281 425 6416 281 452 7598 or 281 420 6594.
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Foley
Leonard Morgan
Barrett Station
Lee College
Highlands Community Center
J.D. Walker
Baytown
Texas Health Spring
Outback
Interstate 10
Student Congress
Robert E. Lee and
Ross
Sterling High Schools
Outback Steakhouse
Baytown Parks and
Recreation
Harris County
Sylvia Garcia
Greater
Baytown Area
City of Baytown
Louisiana debate over $400 billion hurricane protection plan
A $40 billion push to hurricane proof the Louisiana coast spurs a partisan fight over bypassing environmental laws and fast tracking a nine member commission with broad power. Proponents say urgency is needed after Katrina and Rita. critics warn of risks from front loaded funding and reduced oversight.
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Washington
Louisiana
New Orleans
Army Corps of Engineers
Commission
Congress
White House
David Vitter
R-La
Louisiana Lawmak
Ers
Gulf Coast
Steve Ellis
Mary Landrieu
D-La
Treasury
Carl Strock
Strock
Army: Louisiana University and malls under disaster duty
The 13th Army unit assisted civilians in New Orleans during the disaster, aided by FEMA in feeding and water purification tasks. Although not a combat zone, damage was substantial with extensive looting described by Sgt. Gibson as looking like a movie scene.
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New Orleans
Bingo event offers prizes for Crosby residents and families
Children played at vendor games while adults and kids focused on bingo. Cindy Leath and her son John Ross won a picnic basket with a wine bottle, two glasses, and sausages. She used about six bingo cards and hoped to win a red white and blue craft decoration.
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Crosby
Cindy Leath
John Ross
Leath
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Harris County Office of Emergency Management
Baytown Sun
Michael Pineda
The
Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
Emery Reese Jr
Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital
Harris County Medical Examiner
Irene Bean
Bean
Crystal Farr
DeMarcus Bean
Alia Bean
Billy Coleman
Diane Bean
Coleman
Kenya
Rita
Port Arthur
Sandra Davidson
Sgt. Gibson
Hoto
Maria Narciso Kamryn Goolsby
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