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Ike online: BeaumontEnterprise.com AFTERMATH ANSWERS: Things you want to know WHAT’S ON: Search and share info with the online database for restored electricity WHAT’S OPEN: Database on what’s open and closed in Southeast Texas SHARE INFO: Videos, photos, forums and news alerts PHOTOS: Latest storm images VIDEO: Watch our latest storm videos WEATHER: Partly cloudy, Highs: 80s, Lows: 60s/2A
The tastiest bits of Southeast Texas are on
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
V OL . CXXVIII , N O. 318
50 Cents
THE ADVOCATE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE 1880
Almost 150 trucks filled with hurricane relief supplies wait to enter Ford Park Wednesday before being routed to distribution points.
On ice
Matthew Danelo/ The Enterprise
Truckers stack up with supplies awaiting distribution By DEE DIXON and MATTHEW DANELO
THE ENTERPRISE
BEAUMONT — Georgia truck driver Kirk Tenn propped his feet on both sides of his steering wheel as he waited for a third day to unload 50,000 pounds of ice for Hurricane Ike victims in Southeast Texas. He got a call Sunday at his Covington, Ga., home to haul a truckload of ice to Ford Park. He arrived Monday. Wednesday afternoon he was still waiting to unload. Tenn was among an estimated
Here’s what happens when a hurricane barges in
HELP, page 9A
INSIDE ◆ Signals out, roads closed: 3A ◆ Pleasant cool weather a hurricane anomaly: 3A ◆ Road to landfill cleared: 4A ◆ Rebuilding leads to injuries: 4A ◆ Ike opens career doors: 5A ◆ Zoo animals dead after Ike: 6A ◆ Members of media meet angry livestock: 10A ◆ Future looks bleak for oceanfront property: 13A ◆ Boats bashed at Port Arthur Yacht Club: 1B ◆ Big Thicket clearing trails: 1B ◆ Aftermath photos: 6B Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise
It’s back to school yet again
Two barges were found on Texas 73 near Port Arthur. The barges had been brought from Sabine Pass to Taylor’s Bayou before the storm.
Ike crushes oil tanks in coastal wilderness
Jasper and Newton County classrooms will lead the way By EMILY GUEVARA
THE ENTERPRISE
At least three Jasper County and two Newton County schools will be back to normal operations by Monday, according to district officials and school Web sites. School resumes today in the Burkeville and Newton school districts in Newton County. Newton SCHOOLS, page 9A
LIMITED HOME DELIVERY Home delivery of The Beaumont Enterprise resumes today on a limited basis.Customers whose regular carriers evacuated might still experience late or no delivery for a few more days. The Enterprise is available in racks throughout the region. Please go to beaumontenterprise.com for details and news updates.
By SARAH MOORE
THE ENTERPRISE
MCFADDIN WILDLIFE REFUGE — The cluster of white tanks looked as if Hurricane Ike stopped for a cold one on his way through, tossDave Ryan/The Enterprise ing down the empties and crushing State resource officers survey damage to a pumping and storage them with his massive foot before moving on. facility on Clam Lake. One of the main oil tanks was crushed.
www.TexasHurricaneNews.com
SPILLS, page 8A
Cities within cities are repair army’s base With 14,000 workers on the job, you have to be johnny on the spot with portable toilets, bunks, showers, laundry By DAN WALLACH
THE ENTERPRISE
BEAUMONT — David Seyler tooled around Babe Zaharias Park on a golf cart Wednesday, weaving around parked truck trailers. He pointed out which ones were bunkhouses and which were for laundry or showers. He OPERATION, page 8A
Aftermath: Keep an eye on mold
Johnny Darcey stood up in the airboat and pointed to a dark brown line running a foot or so about the water on a stand of tall grass. Crude oil. The distinctive aroma of the thick, tar-like substance floated on the fresh Wednesday morning breeze.
INSIDE Advice & TV......5B Classified ........6B
Comics ............4B Markets ..........3B Nation ..............2A Obituaries ......12A
Pete Churton/The Enterprise
This is one of two lines of portable toilets that illustrate the scope of the operation Entergy has in place.
Puzzles ............5B Sports ............1B Weather ..........2A World ..............2A
Dow Nasdaq -449.36 -109.05
Average price of a gallon of regular gas in Southeast Texas: As of Wednesday morning
$3.67
Sources: AAA, Oil Price Information Service
◆ Section designed and copy-edited by Vic Odegar, Christopher Clausen, David Constantine, Megan Kinkade and Dennis Meloncon, (409) 880-0795 ◆
The tastiest bits of Southeast Texas are on
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
V OL . CXXVIII , N O. 318
50 Cents
THE ADVOCATE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE 1880
Almost 150 trucks filled with hurricane relief supplies wait to enter Ford Park Wednesday before being routed to distribution points.
On ice
Matthew Danelo/ The Enterprise
Truckers stack up with supplies awaiting distribution By DEE DIXON and MATTHEW DANELO
THE ENTERPRISE
BEAUMONT — Georgia truck driver Kirk Tenn propped his feet on both sides of his steering wheel as he waited for a third day to unload 50,000 pounds of ice for Hurricane Ike victims in Southeast Texas. He got a call Sunday at his Covington, Ga., home to haul a truckload of ice to Ford Park. He arrived Monday. Wednesday afternoon he was still waiting to unload. Tenn was among an estimated
Here’s what happens when a hurricane barges in
HELP, page 9A
INSIDE ◆ Signals out, roads closed: 3A ◆ Pleasant cool weather a hurricane anomaly: 3A ◆ Road to landfill cleared: 4A ◆ Rebuilding leads to injuries: 4A ◆ Ike opens career doors: 5A ◆ Zoo animals dead after Ike: 6A ◆ Members of media meet angry livestock: 10A ◆ Future looks bleak for oceanfront property: 13A ◆ Boats bashed at Port Arthur Yacht Club: 1B ◆ Big Thicket clearing trails: 1B ◆ Aftermath photos: 6B Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise
It’s back to school yet again
Two barges were found on Texas 73 near Port Arthur. The barges had been brought from Sabine Pass to Taylor’s Bayou before the storm.
Ike crushes oil tanks in coastal wilderness
Jasper and Newton County classrooms will lead the way By EMILY GUEVARA
THE ENTERPRISE
At least three Jasper County and two Newton County schools will be back to normal operations by Monday, according to district officials and school Web sites. School resumes today in the Burkeville and Newton school districts in Newton County. Newton SCHOOLS, page 9A
LIMITED HOME DELIVERY Home delivery of The Beaumont Enterprise resumes today on a limited basis.Customers whose regular carriers evacuated might still experience late or no delivery for a few more days. The Enterprise is available in racks throughout the region. Please go to beaumontenterprise.com for details and news updates.
By SARAH MOORE
THE ENTERPRISE
MCFADDIN WILDLIFE REFUGE — The cluster of white tanks looked as if Hurricane Ike stopped for a cold one on his way through, tossDave Ryan/The Enterprise ing down the empties and crushing State resource officers survey damage to a pumping and storage them with his massive foot before moving on. facility on Clam Lake. One of the main oil tanks was crushed.
www.TexasHurricaneNews.com
SPILLS, page 8A
Cities within cities are repair army’s base With 14,000 workers on the job, you have to be johnny on the spot with portable toilets, bunks, showers, laundry By DAN WALLACH
THE ENTERPRISE
BEAUMONT — David Seyler tooled around Babe Zaharias Park on a golf cart Wednesday, weaving around parked truck trailers. He pointed out which ones were bunkhouses and which were for laundry or showers. He OPERATION, page 8A
Aftermath: Keep an eye on mold
Johnny Darcey stood up in the airboat and pointed to a dark brown line running a foot or so about the water on a stand of tall grass. Crude oil. The distinctive aroma of the thick, tar-like substance floated on the fresh Wednesday morning breeze.
INSIDE Advice & TV......5B Classified ........6B
Comics ............4B Markets ..........3B Nation ..............2A Obituaries ......12A
Pete Churton/The Enterprise
This is one of two lines of portable toilets that illustrate the scope of the operation Entergy has in place.
Puzzles ............5B Sports ............1B Weather ..........2A World ..............2A
Dow Nasdaq -449.36 -109.05
Average price of a gallon of regular gas in Southeast Texas: As of Wednesday morning
$3.67
Sources: AAA, Oil Price Information Service
◆ Section designed and copy-edited by Vic Odegar, Christopher Clausen, David Constantine, Megan Kinkade and Dennis Meloncon, (409) 880-0795 ◆
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