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Roll Call Diary
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Weather Diaries by millwx
VOLUNTEERS
Current Mothership Updaters: jlms_qkw, donnamarie, ReallyEvilCanine, exmearden, Stranded Wind, noweasels, gchaucer2, SallyCat, Remembering Jello
Child Diarist Line-Up
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3. mem from somerville
4. jlynne
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8. Peraspera
9. politik
10. Stranded Wind
11. NancyK
12. Remembering Jello
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14. Pluto
15. WestWind
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Weather & News Updates - National
CNN - Hurricanes and Cyclones Page
Weather & News Updates – Local
Live Stream from 4 Houston TV Stations - Bandwidth Heavy
KHOU from Houston including county info and msg boards
Click2Houston - KPRC
City of Houston Wind Data
KTRK Houston livestream
AP-Freighter Stranded off Galveston in Path of Hurricane Ike
Texas Flood Alerts - Weather Channel
KTXA - Dallas
WFAA Dallas/Ft Worth Channel 8
News 8 Austin
KPLC Lake Charles, LA
Beaumont/Pt. Arth/Orange
Beaumont Enterprise (primary newspaper)
TV
KBMT 12 ABC
KBTV 4 NBC
KFDM 6 CBS
Live Storm Chaser Updates
Multiple Houston-Area TV Feeds
Channel 363 on Satellite Direct TV: Hurricane Reporting Only
Weather Only Sites
Weather Underground (Wunderground) - Hurricane Ike
NOAA Alerts for Texas
Stormpulse
Storm2K h/t Safi
Online NOAA audio Feed for Houston and Corpus Christie h/t PerfectStormer
Energy Infrastructure Discussion At The Oil Drum
Hurricane Ike, Energy Infrastructure, Refineries and Damage Models Thread #4
Hurricane Ike and Oil Refineries/Infrastructure Damage Models Thread #3
Hurricane Ike, Energy Infrastructure, Refineries and Damage Models Thread #2
Hurricane Ike, Shut-In Production and Energy Infrastructure
Local Radio Stations
Paste link into your browser. Thanks to Omir the Storyteller.
HOUSTON
Houston News Radio 740
KTRU Rice University
Houston WX Radio
SAN ANTONIO
KTSA News/talk
SA WX Radio
AUSTIN
Austin WX Radio
KXAN (NBC)
KVUE (ABC)
KEYE (CBS)
Fox 7 Austin
KUT radio for live stream of Austin's public radio station
CORPUS CHRISTI
Corpus Christi weather radio
Evacuation & Emergency Management Information - Texas
DFW residents can call 211 for shelter info
Texas Emergency Management for Hurricanes - County Specific - Links to Maps and Brochures
People evacuating to Austin should call (512) 974-1110 h/t anotherdemocrat
Evacuation Area and Routes h/t PerfectStormer
Houston Traffic Map
Per the NWS public advisory
(for Matagorda County) IF YOU HAVE NO MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION OR CANNOT FIND ANYONE TO
HELP YOU EVACUATE AND NEED ASSISTANCE...YOU CAN CONTACT
979-245-3056 OR 979-244-5318. YOU SHOULD COME TO THE BAY CITY
SERVICE CENTER OR KC HALL IN PALACIOS.
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE MANDATORY EVACUATION ZIP ZONES WHO HAVE
SPECIAL NEEDS AND ARE NOT REGISTERED...PLEASE CALL 311.
BUSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOR CITIZENS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE WITH
EVACUATIONS. BUSES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING PICKUP POINTS:
BACLIFF COMMUNITY CENTER: 4500 10TH STREET...BACLIFF...77518
DICKINSON COMMUNITY CENTER: 2417 HWY 3...DICKINSON...77539
HITCHCOCK LIBRARY...8005 BARRY AVENUE...HITCHCOCK...77563
CRYSTAL BEACH ANNEX...941 NOBLE CARL DRIVE...CRYSTAL BEACH...
77650
Evacuation & Emergency Management Information - Lousianna
Link to Jindal Warning Vermilion — mandatory south of the Intracoastal Waterway, south of Louisiana 14 and Erath and Delcambre.
St. Mary — Mandatory for mobile homes and travel trailers in Baldwin and mandatory in Franklin, south of the railroad tracks.
Iberia — recommend for low-lying areas and mandatory south of U.S. 90 and east of Louisiana 94.
St. Martin — voluntary for Belle River, Stephensville, low-lying areas and mobile homes.
Calcasieu — mandatory for low-lying area, mobile homes in Cameron — full mandatory in Terrebonne — southern part of the parish
Area Red Cross and Donation Sites
Houston Area Red Cross
Corpus Christie Area Red Cross
Other Texas Red Cross Chapters
Capital Area Food Bank in Austin is Taking Non-Perishables
Shelter and Housing Assistance for Evacuees
Austin are Shelter Info
Alkalinesky's Housing Assistance Diary
Ankey has room for someone in downtown Austin
Texas Convention Bureau Emergency info: List of available rooms
Volunteers North Texas
Animals
Houston ASPCA
Houston Humane Society
From noweasels - The Houston ASPCA and Houston Humane Society really helped with animals rescued in New Orleans after Katrina. These are good people.
Noah's Wish United Animal Nations Emergency Animal Rescue Service
Best Friends Animal Rapid Response
petswelcome has a listing of pet-friendly hotels searchable by state, then breaks them down by city.
AustinCynics Diary on Boarding Pets
Texas Animal Health Commission
Texas State Animal Resource Team
Volunteer Efforts
Dallas Ft. Worth area
Desperate Need for Volunteers
Volunteer Match
Volunteer Center of North Texas
San Antonio call for volunteers
We Care Texas Contact Site - Search for Missing and Relocated People
Web Cams, Images, Animation
Twitter Scoop - Galveston
Twitter - Downtown Houston
Hurricane Ike - General
Houston Web Cams - KHOU
Corpus Christi Bayfront Cam
KRGV Skycam
Lots of other webcams and tons of info h/t to DCBlue
Image Links to Surge Animation h/t safi
Western Gulf Weather Bouys h/t Anderson Scooper
Color Infrared Loop
Texas Webcams. Galveston is "Flagship"
Photos of Ike from a Hurricane Hunter
Bunch of web cams, pick yours out
Police Scanners by Texas County
Notes from Comments, Misc
Houston Airport System:
On Friday, September 12, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. local time all airlines will cease commercial flight operations in and out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and will not resume until further notice. No airline service is presently expected to operate at IAH on Saturday, September 13, 2008.
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Both Bush Intercontinental and Hobby Airports will remain open for emergency operations and essential activities only. However the airports will not operate as shelters. Passengers should be aware that hotels and motels near the airports may not have availability.
Police Scanners by Texas County