Breaking: Galveston Mayor Calls For Voluntary Evacuation [View All]

[David Zephyr]

If 200,000 refugees from New Orleans who are now in Houston will have to possibly now evacuate Houston, what possible hell will these poor people's lives be?

Here's the projected line of the hurricane's path from weather.com:



Here's the breaking news from the Galveston Mayor:

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Galveston Mayor Calls For Voluntary Evacuation:

"Based on information on state and weather information we are entering into our emergency management plan for Galveston. I am calling for a voluntary evacuation of Galveston. The evacuation will begin tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2pm.

Tuesday at two o’clock I will ask for a voluntary evacuation, if the weather predictions remain the same. If they change I will let you know that.

The City of Galveston has arranged for approximately 80 buses to help evacuate our citizens who are dependant upon public transportation.

Those buses will be staged at the Island Community Center which is located at 4700 Broadway. City of Galveston buses, along with the Galveston Independent School District buses and Metro buses from Houston, if needed, will help us.

The buses will leave Galveston beginning at 10am on Wednesday morning as long as there is no change in the weather predictions. The bus drivers are voluntary and they will be with their families onboard.

Citizens will also be able to take their pets. The state says that the pets will also be able to be evacuated because we found that so many people decided not to leave New Orleans because they didn’t want to leave their pets behind.

The pets need to be in cages. If you will call 409-763-8477, Gladys Jones at Crime Stoppers in Galveston is arranging with Wal-Mart and also with U-Haul to help you with the pets.

I am urging citizens to do the following: If you are on medication, call your physician and ask for a three months supply of your medicine. You should also ask for your treatment plan if you are on chemotherapy, dialysis, any of those kinds of consistent treatments. Ask for your treatment plan and take it with you.

Please take your valuables, any deeds to your properties, any insurance information that you think you may need.

The number to call in Galveston City Hall for information regarding this evacuation is 409-797-3710. That is our emergency office and it is open.

I would ask that you all stay tuned to radio station 740, KTRH in Houston and Channel 16 which is our citywide public information channel and Channel 17 which is the school district channel

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