Tagged: Hurricane Ike

TEXAS SOUTHERN Football team in need of donations after relocating to Dallas

TEXAS SOUTHERN Football team in need of donations after relocating to Dallas

Today, Bobby Roquemore writes a story in the Dallas Morning News titled Texas Southern finds refuge, generosity in Dallas.  She tells of the TSU football teams travels caused by Hurricane Ike, which included a 40-29 win in Sacremento followed by a stay at Love Field Radisson Hotel.  The team has...

More Hurricane Ike updates: FEMA’s Houston/Galveston efforts struggling, still availble for help

More Hurricane Ike updates: FEMA’s Houston/Galveston efforts struggling, still availble for help

The folks I’m talking to in Houston say conditions are still tough.  FEMA has trucks with ice and supplies, but residents don’t know where to go to get them.  Officials are asking residents to boil their water before drinking, but it’s hard to do with no electricity. Cellphone batteries are...

Media does a disservice to Galveston/Houston’s bout with Hurricane Ike

Media does a disservice to Galveston/Houston’s bout with Hurricane Ike

Watching the media coverage of Hurricane Ike I couldn’t tell if they were relieved or disappointed that more people didn’t die as a result of the storm.  I kept hearing how things were not that bad and how Galveston and Houston were “spared.”    The folks that  I talked to in Houston...