A FIRST IN HOUSTON: 85% ETHANOL AT PUMP Houston Chronicle 6/6/06 Houston drivers were offered a new alternative to gasoline Monday, when a northwest Houston Kroger opened the first pumps in town selling fuel made of 85 percent ethanol. REPORT: STORMS LEFT NEW HUMAN LANDSCAPE Houston Chronicle 6/7/06 Nearly two-thirds of New Orleans’ population was scattered by Hurricane Katrina’s assault…
FOUR HURRICANE LESSONS WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED Houston Chronicle, 6/1/06 Since 1851, when records were first kept, a whopping 125 hurricanes and tropical storms have at least grazed Houston, an average of nearly one a year. OFFICIAL SAYS NORTH TEXAS CAN TAKE ALL DISASTER EVACUEES WHO NEED A PLACE Houston Chronicle, 6/1/06 AUSTIN – While some Dallas-area officials remained adamant…
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…