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River advocates set to
host hurricane event
Published July 27, 2008
BRAZORIA — What would you
do if a hurricane was barreling across Gulf
waters headed straight for Brazoria County?
What’s the current evacuation plan if the
worst happens?
Friends Of the River San Bernard, known as
FOR, will present a special event to help
answer those questions from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug.
8 in the FOR Community Center at 20450 CR
510-B in the Holiday Shores subdivision of
Brazoria.
That program, “Hurricane Prepared-ness and
Evacuation,” will feature apeaker Steve
Rosa, assistant emergency management
coordinator for Brazoria County.
Doors open for the free seminar at 6 p.m. on
that Friday.
As the height of the hurricane season nears,
Gulf waters heat up and tropical
disturbances are occurring across the
Atlantic Ocean. That means its past time to
make preparations to keep family members and
property safe from a storm. To that end,
Rosa will present a slide show of what is
projected to happen in the area if it gets a
storm surge from a direct hit.
Rosa also will discuss the county’s current
evacuation plan and why people should heed
evacuation orders and plans, including
information on who to call to find out if it
is safe to return after a storm.
The seminar will include a
question-and-answer session.
In a press release, FOR sponsors say of the
evening, “with gas prices being so high, an
evacuation will prove challenging to all of
us.
“But, as a community, we can help each other
through any storm that comes our way — we
just need to know how to help ourselves and
our community.”
“This seminar can help us make plans to keep
the people and things we hold dear safe — in
case the worst case scenario ever happens.”
For information or for a map to the center,
visit the Community Center Tab at
www.sanbernardriver.com, or contact Pat
Webb, Community Center committee chairman,
at (979) 964-4503 or
pat(at)sanbernardriver.com.
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STORM SESSION
WHAT: “Hurricane Preparedness and
Evacuation” seminar by Steve Rosa, assistant
emergency management coordinator for
Brazoria County.
WHERE: FOR Community Center at 20450 CR
510-B in the Holiday Shores subdivision of
Brazoria
WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 8
PHONE: at Webb, Community Center committee
chairman, at (979) 964-4503
E-MAIL: pat(at)sanbernardriver.com.
SPONSORS: Friends Of the River San Bernard
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