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Information that I recieved via e-mail:
From the governor's office:
Gov. Perry has recalled Texas National Guard, Texas Task Force 1, and all other emergency personnel and equipment from Louisiana to prepare for potential landfall of Hurricane Rita in Texas.
Gov. Perry ordered the activation of 5,000 Texas Army National Guard personnel to support preparation efforts, including 3 Ch-47 Chinook Helicopters, 6 UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters and 2 OH-58 Kiowa support Helicopters.
Law enforcement teams including Texas State Troopers will begin pre-staging along evacuation corridors to be sent into the area as soon as the storm has past.
Texas is pre-positioning water, ice and other essentials in San Antonio and the Dallas-Fort Worth area so they can rapidly be sent to the affected area as soon as it is safe to do so.
The State Operations Center is holding regular conference calls several times a day with local, state and federal officials.
The Governor's Emergency Management Council has been placed on Level One alert status, the highest level since the shuttle disaster.
Arrangements are being made to move Louisiana evacuees away from all Texas coastal areas. They are being moved via bus and air. Some are moving to other inland Texas locations; 4,000 are being moved to Fort Chafee, Arkansas and 3,000 to Tennessee and 250 to Nebraska.
500 Texas State Guard members are being activated to assist the American Red Cross with shelter management.
The SOC is currently preparing to activate Special Needs Shelters in Waco, Temple and Tyler. Plans are also in progress for opening pre-identified public shelters in San Antonio, Austin, Bryan-College Station, Lufkin, Nacogdoches and other areas if needed.
Texas is preparing immediate care strike teams consisting of the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the Texas Army National Guard, that can move rapidly into the area where the storm strikes.
The SOC is also preparing for potential inland flooding by pre-positioning water rescue teams, and for the potential for tornadoes, which can strike inland areas hundreds of miles away.
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