Troubling Waters
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It all began
on the 8th of June when Tropical Storm Allison felt its way inland
from the Gulf and sat atop the southeastern area of Texas for two
days, bringing rain and floods. The final American Red Cross
damage assessment reported 35,207 homes were affected by the
storm, 483 were destroyed, 13,561 had major damage and 21,163 had
minor damage.
Waves of Corps personnel began arriving in
Houston to work on power, debris and trailer missions, returning
to their home districts as their deployment was over to be
replaced by a new contingency. Close to 150 Corps workers were
actually deployed to work in the Houston area.
By the October 1 closing, the Corps of
Engineers had contracted for installation of utilities at 955
homesites in the Houston/Harris County area. Contractors installed
power, water and sewer connections in order for travel trailers to
be installed next to the flood damaged homes. The trailers are to
be used by the families as their houses are repaired.
While the missions are over with the exception
of the power that remains at Memorial Hermann Hospital, the work
is not complete at Galveston District. Emergency management staff
is now at work completing the after-action report on T.S. Allison. |
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