I just went to two places...Gilliam Circle in Port Arthur and First Baptist Church in Nederland, both of whom have places distributing food, water, and ice in a drive-up service.
At Gilliam Circle, the line is snaking around the entire circle, coming from Thomas Blvd., and beginning on Woodworth/Memorial. They have an organization called Convoy of Hope and are partnering with local volunteers to help distribute the necessities into patrons vehicles. I believe what they were telling me is they were doing it as long as they had supplies, and they had plenty to go around. So much that if you had more than one family, you could get the supplies for both in one car.
They just finished up lunch time distribution in Nederland, but they have said they will be back in the late afternoon for a dinner distribution of heater meals and ice.
I will post pictures of this as soon as I can.
Also, gas stations are beginning to open up sparatically throughout the area. The Shell station at 25th Street and Memorial is open, but lines are forming.
In Nederland, a couple of places have begun opening for business. Market Basket is allowing a few people to go in at a time for groceries; some Seafood Deli down near McDonald's has an open sign out front on a piece of plywood; Domino's is open and a line of cars is beginning to form around that. I had heard a rumor that Touchdown Gas Station was opening with gas, but that turned out to be false. Their store is open, but they have no gas.
Stay with me as I continue to drive around.
Mike Tobias, Port Arthur News
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