Friday, September 19, 2008

Red Cross Opens Additional Shelters

GREATER HOUSTON AREA RED CROSS OPENS ADDITIONAL SHELTERS FOR RESIDENTS
WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY HURRICANE IKE

The following shelters are open:

Brazoria County
1st Presbyterian Church
130 S. Arcola
Angleton, Texas 77515

First Assembly Church
601 S. Market St.
Brazoria, Texas 77422

Chambers County

American Legion Hall
1704 S. Main
Anahuac, Texas 77514

Winnie Stowell
Community Center
202 S. Park
Winnie, TX 77665

Harris County
Bayshore Baptist
111315 Spenser Hwy
La Porte, Texas 77571

Bear Creek United Methodist
16000 Rippling Water Drive
Houston, Texas 77084

Champions Life Center
3131 FM 2920
Spring, Texas 77388

ChristBridge Fellowship Church
29510 Tomball Parkway
Tomball, Texas 77375

Grace Fellowship UMC
2655 South Mason Rd
Katy, Texas 77450

Greater St. Matthew Church
14919 S. Main Houston, Texas 77035

Memorial Baptist
611 Sterling
Baytown, Texas 77520

Wooster Baptist Church
7007 Bayway Drive
Baytown, Texas 77250

Liberty
Calvary Baptist Church
816 Blair
Cleveland, Texas 77327

First Baptist of Dayton
202 East Houston
Dayton, Texas 77535

Polk County
Church on the Rock
1221 Hwy 59 SLivingston, Texas 77351

Walker County
Fellowship of Huntsville
Church
3895 Hwy 30 West
Huntsville, Texas 77340


For current Shelter List information go to
www.houstonredcross.org and 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

People coming to Red Cross shelters should bring: Pillows and bedding; diapers and formula for your children; prescription medicines; toiletries; food to meet any special dietary needs they may have. These current shelters can not accommodate pets.

To help people reconnect after a disaster, we encourage evacuees to register with the Red Cross website Safe and Well, www.safeandwell.org. Evacuees’ friends and family can check the website and know they are safe.

You can help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year, disasters like the Hurricanes of 2008, by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. You can log-on to
www.redcross.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) to make a donation. You can also use your cell phone to donate $5 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund by text messaging they keyword "GIVE" to "2HELP" (24357). You can send multiple donations depending on your carrier. Contributions will appear on monthly bills or be debited from a pre-paid account balance. All applicable text rates apply.

Tweeter Stores In Houston Now Open

Effective 9-19-08, all Tweeter stores in Houston have re-opened. Store Hours are Monday through Saturday 10 am till 8 pm and Sunday 12 pm till 5 pm.

Products/Services available: In-Home installation, Equipment Repair, TV’s, receivers, full home automation, surround sound, mobile & mobile installation.
Store locations:

5310 Kirby Dr.Houston , TX 77005Phone: 713-526-4317
Email –
GSM0501@TWTR.COM
Contact: Larry Treibel or Chris Baudo

6522 Westheimer Rd.Houston , TX 77057Phone: 713-781-1013
Email –
GSM0502@TWTR.COM
Contact: Chuck Katz or Chris Dickerman

10201 Katy Frwy.Houston, TX 77024Phone: 713-463-7107
Email –
GSM0508@TWTR.COM
Contact: Chris Rojas or Joe Ocampo

16820 Hwy. 59Sugar Land , TX 77478Phone: 281-277-7722
Email –
GSM0504@TWTR.COM
Contact: Michael Barron or Joe Kaluza

27702 I-45 NorthWoodlands/Oak Ridge , TX 77385Phone: 281-465-4522
Email –
GSM0512@TWTR.COM
Contact: Cory Baker

Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle Distributors Partner with City of Houston, Provide Water to Areas Impacted by Hurricane Ike

More than 400,000 cans of safe drinking water distributed to communities in need

Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., the nation’s largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, have answered government officials’ calls for community support in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike and are in the process of delivering 413,952 cans of safe drinking water to Texas residents affected by the hurricane.

“Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle Distributors are always ready to help our neighbors get back on their feet after disaster strikes,” said John L. Nau, III, president and CEO of Silver Eagle Distributors. “We have a long-standing commitment of giving back to the communities where we do business. We are pleased to provide safe drinking water to our neighbors and wish everyone a safe and speedy recovery.”

Eight long-haul semi-trucks, each carrying 22 pallets, or 17,248 total cases, of water are being delivered to areas that disaster relief officials have deemed as high-need communities. Additionally, the George R. Brown Convention Center, which has been serving as an evacuee staging center, will use the canned water in care packages that are being handed out to the evacuees as they leave the convention center.

“As we begin to recover from the effects of Hurricane Ike, the need for basic essentials such as water is tremendous,” said Dawn Ullrich, director of the City of Houston’s Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department, which operates the convention center.

“We are grateful for partners such as Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle for their support of the community during this time of need and know that the canned water will be greatly appreciated by our friends and neighbors throughout the region who are trying to put their lives back together.”

Anheuser-Busch packaged the more than 17,000 cases of drinking water last week in anticipation of Hurricane Ike, and since 1988 has donated 63.5 million cans of drinking water after natural disasters, including 2 million in just the past 18 months.

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About Silver Eagle DistributorsSilver Eagle Distributors, L.P., the nation’s largest Anheuser-Busch distributor, has been a part of the Anheuser-Busch wholesaler family for more than 20 years and employs more than 1,100 people. The company currently serves 16 counties in Texas, including two major metropolitan areas – Houston and San Antonio.

HURRICANE RELIEF FOOD DRIVE

SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2008 • 10am – 4pm
La Centerra (Cinco Ranch Blvd @ Grand Parkway)
The Sam Houston Area Council, the Houston-area chapter of Boy Scouts of America, is organizing local food drives to help collect food and hygiene products for our friends and neighbors in the Houston-Galveston area who have been affected by the devastation of Hurricane Ike.
As part of this effort, Katy Cub Scout Pack 548 will host a drive-thru food and supplies collection effort this Saturday (September 20) from 10 am to 4 pm at La Centerra (Cinco Ranch Blvd. @ Grand Parkway, across from Cinco Ranch High School). Donations and volunteers appreciated!
The following items are most useful and appreciated:
Bottled Water • Non-perishable Food Items • Canned Goods (especially fruit!)
Dry Cereal • Rice (long cooking varieties) • Paper Goods • Trash Bags
Baby Items – Diapers, Wipes, Formula (Similac Blue Can) • Personal Care Items
For more information, visit www.pack548.org

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle Distributors Partner with City of Houston, Provide Water

More than 400,000 cans of safe drinking water distributed to communities in need
Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., the nation’s largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, have answered government officials’ calls for community support in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike and are in the process of delivering 413,952 cans of safe drinking water to Texas residents affected by the hurricane.
“Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle Distributors are always ready to help our neighbors get back on their feet after disaster strikes,” said John L. Nau, III, president and CEO of Silver Eagle Distributors. “We have a long-standing commitment of giving back to the communities where we do business. We are pleased to provide safe drinking water to our neighbors and wish everyone a safe and speedy recovery.”

Eight long-haul semi-trucks, each carrying 22 pallets, or 17,248 total cases, of water are being delivered to areas that disaster relief officials have deemed as high-need communities. Additionally, the George R. Brown Convention Center, which has been serving as an evacuee staging center, will use the canned water in care packages that are being handed out to the evacuees as they leave the convention center.

“As we begin to recover from the effects of Hurricane Ike, the need for basic essentials such as water is tremendous,” said Dawn Ullrich, director of the City of Houston’s Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department, which operates the convention center. “We are grateful for partners such as Anheuser-Busch and Silver Eagle for their support of the community during this time of need and know that the canned water will be greatly appreciated by our friends and neighbors throughout the region who are trying to put their lives back together.”

Anheuser-Busch packaged the more than 17,000 cases of drinking water last week in anticipation of Hurricane Ike, and since 1988 has donated 63.5 million cans of drinking water after natural disasters, including 2 million in just the past 18 months.

# # #
About Silver Eagle DistributorsSilver Eagle Distributors, L.P., the nation’s largest Anheuser-Busch distributor, has been a part of the Anheuser-Busch wholesaler family for more than 20 years and employs more than 1,100 people. The company currently serves 16 counties in Texas, including two major metropolitan areas – Houston and San Antonio.

CenterPoint Energy Restoration Estimates

CenterPoint Energy announced that based on damage assessment data obtained over the last few days, the company projects the following timeline, indicating approximately 80 percent restoration per region:

The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration by the end of day on Friday, September 19:
77065, 77094, 77095, 77354, 77355, 77356, 77362, 77375, 77377, 77382, 77384, 77418, 77420, 77423, 77429, 77430, 77433, 77434, 77435, 77441, 77444, 77445, 77447, 77449, 77450, 77461, 77468, 77469, 77471, 77474, 77479, 77482, 77484, 77486, 77488, 77493, 77494

The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration by the end of day on Monday, September 22:
77024, 77031, 77032, 77039, 77041, 77042, 77043, 77050, 77055, 77072, 77077, 77079, 77080, 77082, 77083, 77084, 77092, 77099, 77336, 77338, 77339, 77346, 77357, 77365, 77373, 77386, 77396, 77459, 77477, 77478, 77479, 77511, 77515, 77534, 77577, 77583

The following zip codes have sustained extensive damage, and will therefore have a restoration timeline that extends beyond Monday, September 22:
77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012, 77013, 77014, 77015, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77037, 77038, 77040, 77044, 77045, 77046, 77047, 77048, 77049, 77051, 77053, 77054, 77056, 77057, 77058, 77059, 77060, 77061, 77062, 77063, 77064, 77066, 77067, 77068, 77069, 77070, 77071, 77073, 77074, 77075, 77076, 77078, 77081, 77085, 77086, 77087, 77088, 77089, 77090, 77091, 77093, 77096, 77098, 77379, 77380, 77386, 77388, 77389, 77401, 77422, 77459, 77489, 77502, 77503, 77504, 77505, 77506, 77507, 77510, 77515, 77517, 77518, 77520, 77521, 77530, 77531, 77532, 77534, 77535, 77536, 77539, 77541, 77545, 77546, 77547, 77550, 77551, 77554, 77562, 77563, 77565, 77566, 77568, 77571, 77573, 77578, 77581, 77583, 77584, 77586, 77587, 77590, 77591, 77598

Entergy Power Restoration Estimate

These are current restoration estimates for Texas customers who can take power. These will be updated as more is known.

Orange, Vidor
9/21/2008

Navasota
9/22/2008

Port Arthur, Port Neches, Nederland, Groves
9/23/2008

Winnie, Anahuac
9/25/2008

Dayton, Ames, Daisetta, Batson, Saratoga
9/25/2008

The Woodlands
9/25/2008

Woodville
9/29/2008

Silsbee, Lumberton, Kountze
9/29/2008

Conroe
9/29/2008

Huntsville, Madisonville
9/29/2008

New Caney
10/5/2008

Cleveland
10/5/2008

Beaumont, Bevil Oaks, Sour Lake
10/6/2008

Taylor Landing
Flooded – no date determined

Bolivar Peninsula
Flooded – no date determined

Sabine Pass
Flooded – no date determined