Mobile morgue en route to Galveston as search continues

[Ex Lurker]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Houston police issued more than 108 citations - and made at least 32 arrests - during the first night of the curfew prompted by Hurricane Ike, officials said today.

The arrests included a group of people arrested in a stolen vehicle, while others apparently stole from homes and stores, Chief Harrold Hurtt told reporters today.

Hurtt said residents should not leave their homes from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. unless they have a legitimate reason, such as returning from work or a late dinner.

Mayor Bill White reiterated that residents should stay in their homes if at all possible, suggesting doing so could have benefits for neighbors. "Why don't you just stay home and talk?'' he asked. "We get to experience how things were in the days before electricity ... we can get to know each other.''

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6002679.html

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in keeping with forum rules, only four paragraphs are in the excerpt. It gets a lot more interesting after that, including the part about the mobile morgue and "thousands of homes left to be searched."

[dweller]

1. alot of info/facts there in one liners

"One of the survivors found by a search team had suffered an estimated 1,000 mosquito bites and was flown to a hospital on the mainland, Cahill said."


even if they are just small bits of info
dp

[uppityperson]

2. NYTimes article... KHOU forum listing missing...

http://nytimes.com/2008/09/15/us/15scene.html

On Sunday afternoon, a team from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department pulled up with five boats in tow, offering to take some of the rescue workers out to the flooded section of the peninsula, along with a postal inspector they had brought along. They did not have ice, water or other supplies; their sole aim was to survey the area.

Mr. Faulkner, eager to assess the situation for himself, got aboard one of the boats. About an hour later, he called a volunteer member of the Crystal Beach emergency service, Rey Leija, to give a report.

Mr. Leija walked over to a small knot of workers, cellphone in hand. “They’re coming up with bodies already,” he said. Officials declined to say more.

As the sun set over the waterlogged farmland, the boats began to return. Cathy Rush, who said she was the peninsula’s only paramedic, climbed off to report what she had seen: No bodies, but slabs where houses had been, and houses parked on the highway.

Forum: "List the Missing in Crystal Beach/Port Bolivar"
http://www.khou.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28278

[intheflow]

3. Sad to have to kick this.

But it doesn't look good for the Coast. :(