September 2005 - Page 6 of 14

I-45 evacuees sheltering in The Woodlands

September 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tom Kirkendall posts a plea for bedding for just-opened shelters in The Woodlands: Because of the traffic associated with Hurricane Rita, our local high schools (McCullough, TWHS, College Park) have opened as shelters. They are

It's about leadership, and we got it (updated)

September 22, 2005 Anne Linehan

Hurricane preps are in full gear in the Linehan house. I am not watching too much of the news (and therefore not blogging) because it’s so overwhelming. I have decided instead to clean the house,

Berry: If you can get out, get out

September 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

Councilmember Michael Berry is currently on KPRC-2 with Frank Billingsley. Berry’s advice to Houstonians (not just those under an evacuation order) is a little ominous: If you can get out, get out. KPRC’s round-the-clock coverage,

Kirkendall: Don't underreact to Rita

September 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

Friend Tom Kirkendall posts some excellent advice today: As all grizzled veterans of Hurricane Alicia in 1983 know (related Chronicle story is here), this is a serious situation for the Texas Gulf coast and it

Let no hurricane get in the way of soliciting

September 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

I just got a call on my home phone line from a solicitor with the Texas Department of Public Safety. The fellow asked me if I was still in the Houston area, and if I

Evacuees find Metro's bus service slow, confusing and inconvenient

September 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Check out the beginning of this Bill Murphy story in the Chronicle: In New Orleans, Earl Kellup lived in Uptown and never had to wait too long to catch a bus. After about three weeks

There they go again

September 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

Today, the Chronicle editorial board returned to a favorite topic, Hubbert Peak alarmism, with an editorial entitled “Energy crunch: It’s coming, the experts say, and much sooner than you think“: Last week two energy experts

Is Rita headed our way?

September 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Laurence Simon, Tom Kirkendall and Eric Berger draw our attention to Tropical Storm Rita which (gulp) could be headed to Galveston after it’s done with the Florida Keys. Often these prediction tracks are off. Let’s

Envision Houston Region workshops underway

September 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

In his Move It column today, Rad Sallee reports on the Envision Houston Region workshop that took place at the University of Houston over the weekend. Local anti-zoning activist Barry Klein is quoted in the

The backlash against school bond elections

September 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday Jason Spencer wrote an interesting story exploring the changing landscape for school district bond elections. The recent Spring ISD referendum, where the district was handed a stinging defeat, is apparently indicative of a growing