NEW STATE PLAN WILL AID RESIDENTS WHO NEED HELP EVACUATING Beaumont Enterprise 05/24/2006 BEAUMONT – Texans did many things right in responding to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but they would do even better if faced with a hurricane again, the state’s emergency management chief said as the Texas Hurricane Conference opened here Tuesday. PLAN SEEKS TO SMOOTH EVACUATION FOR NEEDY…
By Ella Tyler Al Gore, former US vice president and candidate for US president in 2000, will be in Houston June 7 to publicize global warming. Since 2005, Gore has delivered a multi-media presentation concerned with global warming to more than 1,000 mostly college-age audiences. A documentary film about Gore and his presentation, “An Inconvenient Truth,” was screened for the…
By Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International The recent death of a teenage boy from Humble, Texas, should serve as a reminder that rabies, though rarely transmitted to humans, is always present. But for those who take simple precautions, it should not be cause for alarm. Rabies is easily prevented and vaccinating pets is the first line of defense.