Nim Kidd, the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, is working with county judges along the coast of the Lone Star State to establish that they are equipped with the necessary resources for the upcoming storms of Hurricane Beryl.
Hurricane and storm surge alerts are in effect:
- Hurricane Watch: From the mouth of the Rio Grande northward to San Luis Pass, Texas. This means that hurricane conditions (winds 75+ mph) are possible by Monday morning in these locations.
- Storm Surge Watch: from the mouth of the Rio Grande northward to High Island, Texas, including Corpus Christi and Galveston Bay. This means that life-threatening storm surge flooding is possible.
“We need a prepared community, not a panicked community, as the governor mentioned,” Kidd said. “We really won’t know for several more hours exactly where landfall may be, but we have high confidence that this system is coming somewhere to Texas.”
“With that, we would ask that people take the time to make sure that their vehicles are fueled, make sure that they have food and water, and that they’ve taken care of their pets, check on their family members, and take the time now to prepare so that whenever this thing is making landfall, you’re already where you need to be.”
Kidd, along with Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, indicate weather prediction sources believe the final landfall will occur in the northern Mexico and South Texas area late Sunday night to early Monday morning.
When Beryl strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on June 28, it broke the record for earliest-ever major hurricane in the Atlantic by a week. The previous record holder, 2005’s Hurricane Dennis, formed in the region on July 5.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is out of state leading an economic development mission in East Asia, including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
“Everyone along the coast should be paying attention to this storm,” Patrick said. “We pray and we hope for nothing more than a rain event. But even a rain event may be very heavy.”
“Even up as far as San Antonio, New Braunfels, Waco, maybe even in five or six days in Texarkana, there could be heavy rain,” Patrick continued. “And heavy rain could be eight inches, could be 10 inches, could be 12 inches or more, and could be flooding. Because again, this is a slow moving storm, and hurricanes and tropical storms drop a lot of rain in a short period of time.”
Kidd, years ago, worked on disasters for H-E-B Food/Drugs, a historical champion of helping communities in times of crisis. Today H-E-B teams in facilities management, distribution, manufacturing, emergency management and store operations levels are working to ensure stores are hurricane shutter protected, loading docks are secure, product levels are maximized and stores can open safely during storms.
“Providing aid in times of need is the cornerstone of H‑E‑B’s Helping Here philosophy, which promises to stand by communities during times of crisis,” their website informs. “For more than 115 years, the company has demonstrated its commitment to communities in crisis by donating financial support, emergency supplies, drinking water and food, as well as providing efficient ways for customers to assist those affected by a natural disaster.”
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HEB is a true asset in Texas, organized and dedicated to it’s communities, isn’t it? I can’t think of any store chain around here that comes close, although LaValley’s, a local building supply chain, would certainly step up. That hurricane and it’s targeted area are big. Praying for Texas.
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Thank you. Very busy around these parts.
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