September 15, 2008 -
The Galveston area of Texas that took a direct hit from Hurricane Ike is home to a top-level biodefense laboratory that studies highly contagious and deadly diseases including bird flu, but lab officials are assuring the public that the pathogens were secured before the storm made landfall.
September 15, 2008 -
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency came under fire Sunday as emergency workers were left undernourished and dozens of trucks of water and food had yet to be set up at distribution centers around Houston and surrounding communities.
September 14, 2008 -
I cross-posed our piece at DailyKos yesterday on the Galveston County jail's decision to not evacuate 1,000 inmates despite a mandatory evacuation order for the city and warnings that those who remained in the
September 13, 2008 -
The news so far: Hurricane Ike pounded through southeast Texas earl
September 12, 2008 -
As Facing South reported earlier this week, deportation concerns rank high amongst immigrants evacuating this latest round of Gulf Coast hurricanes.
September 12, 2008 -
Florida has found the 3,500 missing ballots. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
September 12, 2008 -
Hurricane Ike is pushing its way into Texas today and tomorrow, and already hundreds of thousands of people have evacuated to further inland locations. The National Weather Service issued a warning to people living in small houses on Galveston Island that they faced "certain death" from flooding if they remained in their homes.