League City Area News: Hurricane Katrina Archive (2005)

Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort In League City

By Marilyn Clark, League City Area News Online

September 3, 2005

Donation Information - Interfaith Caring Ministries

All donations of food and money will be accepted at InterFaith Caring Ministries located at 631 FM 270. Their telephone number is 281-332-3881. They can accept perishable food for the next two weeks. If writing a check for money donations, please make it payable to Interfaith Caring Ministries. Money will be used specifically for Hurrricane Katrina relief efforts.

Clothing is no longer needed at this time due to an outstanding community response.

InterFaith Caring Ministries covers the area that includes all of the Clear Creek Independent School District.

Shelter Information

The American Red Cross has opened a shelter in Galveston County at:

Moody Methodist Church
53rd Street in Galveston

For updates on shelter locations contact the American Red Cross at 1-409-945-7200.

Social Security Payments

Anyone receiving Social Security payments that have been interrupted by Hurricane Katrina can go to any Social Security office to get an emergency payment. All Social Security checks scheduled for delivery to residents in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina will be printed and shipped from the U.S. Treasury to the United States postal Service for delivery as usual.

The Postal Service implements emergency procedures for delivery of checks when a natural disaster occurs. Social Security is working with the Louisiana governor’s office to identify locations for temporary mail delivery.

All direct deposits will be made on schedule. Any Social Security field office can make payments in critical cases. For information about changing mailing addresses, direct deposit, or locating the nearest social Security office, call 1-800-772-1213 or go online at www.socialsecurity.gov

Following are important numbers:

• League City InterFaith Caring Ministries 281-332-3881
• League City Chamber of Commerce 281-338-7339
• Red Cross Clear Lake 281.282.6039
• Red Cross Texas City 409-945-7200 or 800-438-4636
• Medical Hotline 409-747-2273
• United Way Relief Fund, Amegy Bank 713-685-2300 Acct#3601021
• Houston Food Bank 713-547-8609
• Salvation Army 409-935-1190 or 409-763-1691
• FEMA 800-621-3362

All updates of information about the Hurricane Katrina relief effort will be posted to the League City web site at www.leaguecity.com

Updated: September 7, 2005

Volunteers Help Distribute Supplies - FEMA photo by Mark Wolfe

Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort In League City

From the City of League City
September 3, 2005

LEAGUE CITY—The City of League City is working with InterFaith Caring Ministries to meet the needs of the Hurricane Katrina victims who have evacuated to League City.

(Red Cross shelter at Astrodome - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) photo by Andrea Booher

InterFaith Caring Ministries is accepting donations of food and money. No more clothing is needed at this time.

The American Red Cross has opened a shelter at

Moody Methodist Church
53rd Street in Galveston

(Message board at Astrodome shelter - FEMA photo by Andrea Booher)

Anyone receiving Social Security payments that have been interrupted by Hurricane Katrina can go to any Social Security office to get an emergency payment.

All direct deposits will be made on schedule. Any Social Security field office can make payments in critical cases. For information about changing mailing addresses, direct deposit, or locating the nearest social Security office, call 1-800-772-1213 or go online at www.socialsecurity.gov

Following are important numbers:

• League City InterFaith Caring Ministries 281-332-3881
• League City Chamber of Commerce 281-338-7339
• Red Cross Clear Lake 281.282.6039
• Red Cross Texas City 409-945-7200 or 800-438-4636
• Medical Hotline 409-747-2273
• United Way Relief Fund, Amegy Bank 713-685-2300 Acct#3601021
• Houston Food Bank 713-547-8609
• Salvation Army 409-935-1190 or 409-763-1691
• FEMA 800-621-3362

( Red Cross shelter at Astrodome - FEMA photo by Andrea Booher)

All updates of information about the Hurricane Katrina relief effort will be posted to the League City web site at www.leaguecity.com

(Firefighter carrying older woman rescued from floodwaters - FEMA photo by Win Henderson)

League City Area News Online - More Hurricane Katrina Relief

Updated: September 7, 2005

(Children arrive at Astrodome - FEMA photo by Andrea Booher)

District Enrolls Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina

By Clear Creek Independent School District Office of Public Information

September 3, 2005

LEAGUE CITY, Texas—Clear Creek Independent School District is accepting students from the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina who have come to the Clear Lake Area seeking shelter.

Students living in temporary living arrangements due to loss of housing will qualify as "homeless" students and may enroll in the school district where they are physically present without proof residence. Parents temporarily housed within Clear Creek ISD’s borders should go to the school nearest their temporary residence to enroll their school-age children.

CCISD - Details for Displaced Students

University of Houston-Clear Lake Opens Doors to University Students Displaced by Hurricane Katrina

From The Office of Communications at University of Houston-Clear Lake

September 3, 2005

UH-Clear Lake and other University of Houston System universities are joining several higher education institutions throughout Texas that received approval from the Texas Coordinating Board of Higher Education to provide services to displaced university students.

Focus on Learning - UHCL Details for Displaced Students

League City Police Officers heading to Louisiana to assist with search and rescue efforts after Hurricane Katrina

By League City Police Department
September 3, 2005

September 1

Four more League City Officers will leave to assist with the search and rescue of storm and flood victims in New Orleans. These four officers will link up with two League City Officers already in New Orleans.

Sgt. Dan Krieger, who arrived in New Orleans yesterday morning, said, “Whatever you see on TV, it is really a hundred times worse.” Because of the lack of a strong law enforcement and/or military presence, Sgt. Krieger and Officer Williamson provided security for Houston Firefighters operating their rescue boat in the flooded city.

(A Medevac helicopter crew rescues flood victims - FEMA photo by Win Henderson)

Police Beat - More About Hurricane Katrina Search Assistance

(Houston Police Department Officer helps disabled at Astrodome - FEMA photo by Andrea Booher)

Texas to House Louisiana Refugees in Astrodome

Perry: "We are all in this together."

By Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
September 2, 2005

HOUSTON – At the urgent request of Louisiana Gov. Blanco, today Gov. Rick Perry agreed to receive 23,000 Hurricane victims currently taking shelter in the New Orleans Superdome at the Houston Astrodome, which Harris County officials agreed to turn into a long-term shelter. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will dispatch 500 buses to Louisiana and transport the 23,000 people currently taking shelter in the Superdome. The state has also worked with Jefferson County officials to convert the Ford Center in Jefferson County into a long term shelter to house victims of Hurricane Katrina

“We are all in this together,” Perry said. “We will continue to do what it takes, from offering assistance to offering prayers, to get through this together, as one American Family.”

More Hurricane Katrina Relief - Astrodome

Attorney General Abbott’s Statement On Gasoline Prices

From the Office of Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas
September 2, 2005

AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today issues this statement on consumer complaints about gasoline prices at the pump:

“I understand Texas consumers are concerned about the rising cost of gasoline, however, with Hurricane Katrina, there has been a significant loss of production capacity in the Gulf of Mexico and refining capacity along the Gulf Coast. Prices will go up. Rest assured, my office will diligently watch for the incidence of price-gouging at particular gas stations that seem out of step with generally prevailing market forces.”

Consumers may report what they believe to be gas price-gouging by calling the Attorney General’s toll-free complaint line at (800)252-8011 or visit the agency’s Web site at www.oag.state.tx.us.