The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 91, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 2016 Page: 4 of 12
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The Baytown Sun
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Friday
May 6, 2016
Texans urged Only the Lord knows ...
to prepare for
storm season
The Texas Department of Public Safety is urging Tex-
ans to begin making plans to protect themselves and their
families prior to the start of the 2016 hurricane season,
which begins June l and continues through Nov. 30.
“Texans should not wait until a storm is in the Gulf of
Mexico to begin planning for a disaster. We are urging
residents to get their hurricane plans and kits in order now,
before hurricane season starts,” said DPS Director Steven
McCraw. “Early preparation can be crucial to protecting
lives and property when a storm threatens our state."
“Many Texans have already witnessed the perilous na-
ture of severe weather this year, and the upcoming hurri-
cane season presents the possibility for additional storms
and dangerous conditions,” said Texas Governor Greg
Abbott. “I urge our residents to prepare for these potential
threats as soon as possible, to stay aware of local weather
conditions at all times, and to always abide by warnings
and evacuation orders from their local officials."
All Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal areas are sub-
ject to hurricanes or tropical storms. It is possible for a
storm to severely impact our state, even prior to or with-
out making direct landfall in Texas. Additionally, the
rainbands associated with a tropical system have an ex-
tremely wide reach, so monitoring changing weather con-
ditions during hurricane season is critically important for
all Texans.
Hurricanes can cause catastrophic damage to coast-
lines, and winds can vary from 74 to 157 miles per hour
(or higher). In addition, hurricanes and tropical storms
can also spawn tornadoes, create dangerous coastal wa-
ter conditions including storm surges along the coast, and
cause extensive damage from flooding.
Here are several measures residents can take now to
prepare for potential storms:
• Assemble an emergency kit that includes essential
documents, supplies and provisions.
• Review hurricane evacuation maps, and select a route
for you and your family.
• Plan how ail family members and pets will evacuate
safely.
• Consider any special needs for individuals with dis-
abilities or the elderly.
• Stay informed about changing weather conditions in
and around your area.
If you or someone you know might need assistance
during a disaster, please register for the State of Texas
Emergency Assistance Registry, a free registry that pro-
vides local emergency planners and responders with ad-
ditional information about needs in their communities.
To register, contact 2-l-l Texas, the state’s free 24-hour
helpline. No matter where you live in Texas, you can dial
2-l-l or 877-541-7905 for community resources.
For more ways to prepare for the 2016 hurricane sea-
son, please visit: www.texasprepares.org.
1 had an instructor in school tell
our class that when he was in col-
lege, one of his instructors was read-
ing a note that he had hand written
years earlier in his book.
He was silent for a long time, as
he looked at it, trying to remember
why he wrote it; then he finally said,
“At one time only the Lord and I
knew what this meant; now only the
Lord knows."
1 know that probably all of us have
forgotten things that we use to know
and no matter how much we tried;
we could not remember what it was.
It used to really upset me that 1 could
not remember things, but it happens
so frequently now, that it no longer
bothers me as it once did. When this
happens 1 just chalk
it up as another se-
nior moment.
All through the
Bible and the his-
tory of man, espe-
cially in the book
of Judges, they
would serve God
for a time, and then
forget what God
had done for them and begin serv-
ing other gods. Over and over this
would happen until God said in Jer-
emiah 2:32, “Can a virgin forget her
ornaments or a bride her attire? Yet
my people have forgotten me days
without number.”
Today as I am writing this, I am
HARVEY
SCHULTZ
remembering the tragedy that hap-
pened on September 11th or 9/11,
which is a day that we should al-
ways remember. It seems, how-
ever, that with the passage of time
we forget things that we should not
forget. Because of this tragedy many
people started going to church and
trying to live better lives, but many
soon forgot and failed to keep up
with their goal to change, when at
the time, 1 am sure, they were truly
serious about changing their lives
for the better.
Harvey Schultz is a longtime res-
ident of the Baytown area, marriea
for S3 years with two children ana
an author of three books.
WHAT SCARES
you more,
DEATH,
PUBLIC SPEAKIN6
OR THE
UPCOMING
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION?
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Hopping mad over
hospital demolition
Mayor and councilmen — when you destroyed the old
San Jacinto Hospital, you made a big mistake. When the
truth comes out, I hope you wil all resign. Mayor, when
you and the council get together, y'all turn into a mob.
The whole bunch of you should be in jail for destroying
the old hospital without cause.
Many people living in Baytown were bom in the hospi-
tal, and they loved this large beautiful beautiful building.
This building was built to last 100 years and more. You
called it an eyesore. That’s just another lie council mem-
bers made up.
J. Weaver
Baytown
TODAY IN HISTORY
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To preserve or plunder?
On this date;
In 1935, the Works Progress Administration began
operating under an executive order signed by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hinden-
burg crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the
97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.
In 1954, medical student Roger Bannister broke the
four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford, England,
in 3:59.4.
In 1981, Yale architecture student Maya Ying Lin was
named winner of a competition to design the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial.
In 1994, former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones
filed suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he’d
sexually harassed her in 1991. (Jones settled with Clinton
in 1998.)
In 2001, American businessman Dennis Tito ended the
world’s first paid space vacation as he returned to Earth
aboard a Russian capsule.
Thought for Today: “To know your ruling passion, ex-
amine your castles in the air.”
— Richard Whatety, English clergyman <1787-1863)
1 was watching the fascinating
series by Ken Bums on PBS about
the development of our US National
Parks.
It is narrated by Peter Coyote and
I could listen to him read the back of
a cereal box and enjoy it. The doc-
umentary offers a lengthy discourse
of how Yosemite and Yellowstone
National Parks were created and
shows how John Muir became their
staunch defender.
Teddy Roosevelt was also instru-
mental in the education and awak-
ing to protect our natural resources.
The big difference in the two men’s
philosophy was that Muir wanted us
lo leave everything alone and Roo-
sevelt took more of a management
line. In my opinion, the manage-
ment route is the better choice.
1 found it sad and in other ways,
totally amazing how ignorant the
general population was a hundred
years ago about preservation and
in some ways how little we have
learned. Some attitudes a century
ago are still with us, albeit subtly
different. Mr. Coyote explained how
people would come to Yellowstone
Park and using a tool, engrave their
name in the stones of deposits and it
was almost an obsession and diffi-
cult to stop.
There were no laws in place to
restrict such destruction and finally
the US Army was called in to try and
police the parks. People just didn't
get it, leaving huge piles of debris
wherever they camped and evi-
dence of their passage. There were
no Tread Lightly creeds in place and
animal life was seen as something to
use and destroy at will.
Everything was perceived as inex-
haustible and for the pleasure of the
individual at that moment. The idea
of sustainability wasn’t even in the
remotest comer of the average vis-
itor’s mind.
Just to rehash, sustainability is the
quality of not being harmful to the
environment or depleting natural re-
BERT
MARSHALL
sources, and there-
by supporting
long-term ecolog-
ical balance. The
near extinction of
the American wolf
interrupted this
natural balance to
the point that Yel-
lowstone National
Park was dying. It
wasn’t until biolo-
gists convinced the world that they
were essential and after reintroduc-
tion, the park began to grow again.
Who would have thought reduc-
ing one species would have this de-
structive power over an entire area?
Now. What in the world does all
of this have to do with its, right here
in mega-Baytown? A whole lot.
The reason 1 say a whole lot is be-
cause this same destructive behavior
and short-sightedness persists right
here in our voting population.
Some of us are habitual trash
throwers. Everywhere we go, we
dump evidence of our passing. I
pick up debris and litter like it is a
full time job. In April alone, I at-
tended five trash bash events includ-
ing the Adopt-a-Site on Blue Heron
Parkway that the SETX Geocachers
have adopted.
With Total Petrochemicals, we
picked up enough debris by the
Lynchburg Ferry to fill an entire in-
dustrial scrap pan and this is done
every year. Every year.
There are enough alcohol bottles
and cans on the side of roads to
prove that for every person caught
drinking and driving there are prob-
ably 25 times that number who are
getting away with it. For obvious
reasons, they throw it out the win-
dow of their vehicles for people like
me to pick up. I wish I had a touch-
DNA kit and 1 would turn the evi-
dence over to the cops.
When the subject comes up about
creating more sustainable parks
and walkways, there are old-world
thinkers who gripe and complain
that we don’t need them and then
turn right around and wonder why
so many people are in poor health or
overweight. They can’t see the for-
est because there are no trees in their
life. They drive their cars and trucks
to point A and back to B and then
point out that if they want a nice
place to go, they’ll simply drive out
of town. This philosophy was pre-
sented to me this week.
In so many words it was explained
that no matter what we do here, we
will always just be a redneck oil
town.
My immediate thought was “Yup,
as long as people like you are here,
it surely will be.” We live the life of
electricity and gasoline. Remove ei-
ther and you are on foot.
You suddenly get an up close and
personal look at the nature you have
conveniently ignored. On top of that
you get to meet the people who have
resided next to you for the last 10
years.
1 don’t want to live in a 1984-ish
industrial complex, a slum, ghetto,
or a place with cookie-cutter, tiny,
unimaginative parks.
I also want the option to travel
on foot and get a ljttle shoe time in-
stead of always thinking my vehicle
is my only way to get around. Our
waterways need the same consider-
ation, where fish are edible, beach
and coastline is recreational, and
families can launch their canoes and
kayaks on the creek or bayou and
explore nature.
That old philosophy that every
berry out there is to be eaten imme-
diately needs to go with the wind.
We as citizens have the responsibly
to make life better here and we can’t
do it without adjusting our way of
seeing the possibilities.
Bert Marshall is the owner of Our-
Baytown.com and a Baytown resi-
dent since 1974. Reach Marshall at
baytownbert@gmail. com.
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