Texas recalls National Guard from Louisiana
Via The Austin Business Journal.
Gov. Rick Perry recalled the Texas National Guard, Texas Task Force 1 and other emergency personnel and equipment from Louisiana in anticipation of Hurricane Rita entering the Gulf of Mexico.
Current projections indicate Rita could threaten the Texas coast by the end of the week.
"With the potential of another major hurricane forming in the Gulf of Mexico and threatening the Texas coast, the time is now to begin mobilizing our resources and implementing our plan to ensure an orderly response before Texas is hit," Perry says.
"For the past three weeks, our emergency personnel have been assisting our neighbors devastated by Hurricane Katrina and over the last year our state has heightened preparations for dealing with a catastrophic storm. While we continue to hope that day never comes, Texas must be ready if it does."
posted by Fergie @ 9/20/2005 11:39:00 AM
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