I've had a few left on this blog and I feel much obliged to answer back to those who've faithfully taken the time to keep up with me/us at The Port Arthur News.
To Jill in Indy (a.k.a. rollinglotus)
I know exactly the neighborhood you are talking about...Kilarney Street. It' right off of Holmes Road. I used to live near the corner of Holmes and Viterbo, smack dab up against the airport.
Well, the good news IS that all the reports are indicating that there was no flooding in Nederland, Groves or really the interior of the Port Arthur seawall area. I know some of the Beauxart Garden area is pretty low lying though; there's a lake out off of Beauxart Garden road in a neighborhood near West Port Arthur Road. And then there's the water area near where Dorothy's Front Porch used to be.
Has your brother and son contacted you yet? I drove by Spurlock on my way down South Highway 69, and all the power lines down Spurlock going towards Holmes Road were down, covering the roadways and making passage impossible. Also, there are trees blocking the roadway on Viterbo, so he may have trouble getting out and getting to a place where he can make a phone call. His only way out after those two paths are down West Port Arthur Road.
As for your sister, she is really one of the lucky ones if her house is standing dry of storm surge, because there are literally entire neighborhoods that are only accessible now by boat untill the water recedes.
Trust me, I'm good and prepared to drive around and get the job done. Thanks for keeping up in Indy...btw, what part of Indy? I was born in Berrien Springs, Michigan, just north of South Bend.
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Now to Lynn and Jerome Mauricio...
All the information we get is brought to us by the Southeast Texas Emergency Management offices, and they distribute their releases to us via website. That website is accessible to the public at setinfo.org.
Click on the news releases link near the top left corner of the page and you'll get them all in chronological order from the top down.
But being a newspaper, we also go around and get stories of our own, so for the best of both worlds go ahead and check panews.com, or setinfo.org for the official releases.
Thank you both for reading.
Mike Tobias, Port Arthur News
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8 comments:
Thanks for your blog and news, Mike.
My wife in Leesburg, Va., just took in her aunt Sunday from Port Arthur. She helped her mother move to Arlington, Va., in Jan. 2007.
The aunt kept asking Sunday if she was now "truly safe."
-Samuel Adams
Good Morning, does anyone have information regarding the Stongate Area of Port Arthur Tx? I have a house in the 4100 block of Blackberry lane.
VR
Frank, we just got your post. We will definitely take a look at that area on the way back to the Port Arthur News later today. Should be just a few hours and we can give you a report. Cody Pastorella, a reporter with me, did say the Stonegate Church of Christ was pretty well torn up but did not know about the whole neighborhood.
Frank...we went down blackberry...no major house damage....fences down, branches down, but no holes in roofs
Whoa, missed this! Actually slept 1st time in 2 days/nights. Thank you Mike - from Michigan? We need to exchange email addys:
rollinglotus@yahoo.com
Thanks again for getting the scoop at 'ground zero'- neighbor ;)
On-air again today (3 to 8p, no stream)... will check-in asap. BIG HUG to the Storm Trooper!! You rock! jill
Jill...my e-mail address is miketobiasphotography@yahoo.com.
I'm just doing my job!
Mike Tobias, Port Arthur News
Has anyone been in Griffing Park in PtA, particularly in the 3100 block of Rosedale Drive? Trying to determine the condition of homes.
Thanks for the information, that is great news, are there any updates in regard to when the power will be back up?
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