This Pollabear doesn't hibernate

My good pal, Joe Deshotel, Jr., with Pollabear.org is doing a heck of a job doing his community duty by gathering visuals of the destruction brought forth by Hurricane Ike.

Layman's terms: He's going around with a video camera.

And he's doing a heck of a job, too. Here's a few more videos he's graciously shared with The Port Arthur News.



Again, we wish to stress to those watching from afar, note all the standing water and debris Joe's driving through around the Beaumont neighborhoods. Yeah, crews are just now going to get started trying to clear it all. Which means it's still not safe to be driving down the road. Joe understands that he himself is taking a risk, so you don't have to.

Here's a video showing Ike's wake along Jimmy Johnson Blvd. in Port Arthur.



It looks like he started around Jimmy Johnson, then went down to 9th Avenue...dude...was that the Port Arthur Bowling Alley all torn up again?!? Dude, that's so weak. I don't think they've even finished fixing it up from Rita yet. Now I'll never get to karaoke.

Note all the powerlines down along standing water as he drives around downtown Port Arthur and Procter Street.

I think he wraps up that last video around Bruce's Market Basket in Groves, and I guess that blue and red building is Spanky's? Is it? I'm not sure, haven't lived there long enough to tell.

Again, we're bringing you these videos and we will continue to update our readers with the latest information and all the pictures and videos we can get our hands on. So stay with The Port Arthur News and the Writers on the Storm blog for some good ol' fashioned fun.

Thanks again to Joe Deshotel, Jr. and Pollabear.org.

Mike Tobias, Port Arthur News