Austin TX Receiving Ike Evacuees — Some Links

Housing Doom chief blogger Twist is based in Austin, Texas and spending a lot of time as a volunteer at a Red Cross shelter welcoming evacuees from Hurricane Ike over the next few days. If you are an evacuee arriving in Austin or an Austinite involved in the reception you’ve likely got better things to do over the weekend than reading a housing bubble blog. Starting from the WikiPedia entries for Austin (Google search) and Houston (Google search) here are a few links which might possibly prove useful. Some news stories on this follow below.

Emergency Organizations

 

Weather

 

Traffic

 

Government

 

Radio

 

TV

 

Newspapers

 

I hope to add more information as the day progresses.

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Notes and References

[1]: "Ike volunteer information", by Andrea Ball, Austin Statesman, September 11, 2008.

[2]: "Unnerved, Austin braces for Ike: Cities across the state ready themselves for evacuees", by Marissa Edwards, The Daily Texan (U Texas at Austin), September 12, 2008.

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  1. John M. says:
    September 12, 2008 at 4:50 AM

    Here’s Here’s KLBJ’s Austin Local News page (590AM News Radio).

  2. John M. says:
    September 12, 2008 at 8:02 AM

    Lots of stories under the above links, too.

    “Mass exodus of coastal evacuees arrive in Austin”, by Amy Hadley, News 8 Austin, Updated: 9/12/2008 8:26 AM

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    Cities and counties facing evacuation (link copied from Statesman home page)

  3. John M. says:
    September 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM

    “WRAPUP 5-Hurricane Ike threatens Texas with wall of water”, by Jim Gaynor, Reuters, September 12, 2008.

    GALVESTON, Texas, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Hurricane Ike closed in on the Texas coast on Friday, pushing a wall of water that weather officials warned could be fatal for those who didn’t flee inland.

    Believe it. They’ve got some live coverage from ABC13, and this looks very serious.

  4. John M. says:
    September 12, 2008 at 5:14 PM

    Calculated Risk has a Hurricane Ike post up with some good links and associated haloscan discussion thread.

  5. John M. says:
    September 14, 2008 at 4:13 AM

    Here’s a recent compilation:

    “Fox 26: Hurricane Ike Relief And Assistance Information for Houston-Area”, MyFox 26 Houston, September 13, 2008.

  6. austin_real_estate says:
    September 14, 2008 at 7:06 PM

    I didnt realize you were in Austin. Thats cool. We went to volunteer at the animal shelter and it was overloaded with animals from people in the path of Ike.

  7. freemonster says:
    September 15, 2008 at 6:26 PM

    john

    thx for the linx

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