Hurricane Ike- Black-n-blue Monday
One neighbor has power, but the one across the street does not. Centerpoint Energy is getting people back on line where there are not poles down or transformers blown. Areas hit hard with lines down, poles severed and down, etc. will take days, and some weeks. Electricity and when it will flow to an individual home, one of millions of points of a vast power grid, is on everyone's mind. In Houston, who's juiced is a block-by-block situation.
In Galveston, City Manager Steve LeBlanc said 15,000 to 20,000 residents remained on the island today out of a population of about 60,000. About 3,000 are trying to get off the island, he said. Buses have been taking residents to shelters in San Antonio, and LeBlanc said Austin is willing to accept more evacuees. Among the buildings falling victim to the storm is City Hall, where the roof was severely damaged and floodwaters were about a foot deep inside.
Hurricane Ike has shut down the East Houston Regional Medical Center for two to three months, said David Cramer, the hospital's director of facility management. Patients had been evacuated Friday afternoon because hospital officials knew that nearby Greens Bayou has a history of flooding at the facility in the 13100 block of the East Freeway and the surrounding area.
Houston Mayor Bill White said the problems with a pumping station have been corrected. Still, he urged residents to use bottled water and conserve tap water when possible. He also recommended that all residents boil tap water for a minute before using it. Although there is no indication that tap water has been contaminated, he recommended boiling until tests of the water could be done tonight and Sunday.
HISD schools likely will not re-open for a week to 10 days because of Hurricane Ike, said Superintendent Abe Saavedra today. "The electricy will be the major problem," he said. "Without the electricity, we can't check the mechanical systems." Athletic events were canceled for this weekend. Saavedra said he is unsure whether the HISD schools will resume holding atheletic events the week of Sept. 22-28.
HISD's 290 schools mostly sustained minor damage, including leaks and minor roof damage. No estimate of damages has been made. The district's insurance policy will require that it pay a $2.5 million deductible. Now that's one huge deductible that we tax payers will cough up! :-(
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