Day: September 13, 2008

What's Going On: Evening News Roundup
ecthompsonmd September 13, 2008

This evening’s news Roundup: Hurricane Ike blew through Galveston and Houston early this morning. Most of Galveston is underwater. Power is out for four to five million people and restoring it might take weeks. Hurricane Ike originally headed up I-45 toward Dallas but then started to veer right toward Tyler, Texas. It has currently been downgraded to a tropical storm. President Bush has declared parts of Texas a disaster area. The Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans football game originally scheduled for Sunday, tomorrow, has been rescheduled to a later date. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Houston at

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Red Cross Update
ecthompsonmd September 13, 2008

September 13, 2008 As Hurricane Ike pounded Houston, Galveston, and a wide area of the Gulf Coast of Texas, Red Cross disaster relief teams were already there preparing for the worst. Red Cross was ready for Ike: More than 100 mobile feeding trucks were moved into Texas this week More than a million shelf stable meals are in the state More than 1,400 disaster workers are on the ground there Preparing to open shelters and support the shelter hub system in Texas We are planning for a total capacity of 500,000 meals a day We have tens of thousands of cots,

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