Friday night update

• Weather predictions for our area have not changed
• The State already has search and rescue teams pre deployed to the Astrodome to respond to the impact area. Food, water, ice etc will be en route to the impact zone Saturday
• Task force of TXDOT-DPS-Ntl Guard, and DOD will be deployed Saturday morning to clear roadways
• The State has coordinated with the gasoline producers to ensure supplies are available for reentry

LOCAL

• Evacuees are in shelters at Emmanuel, First Baptist and the Methodist Church. Other churches are supporting these as well as other volunteers. If there are evacuees that need shelter please tell people to coordinate that with me. We have had some instances of people working outside the system and not associated with the shelters here trying to send evacuees in when we already had folks on the way and this causes problems.
• At 9pm I called Mt. Pleasant PD and was told there was still space available there as well. MPPD is point of contact 903-575-4004
• Again, although the weather is supposed to be moderate for our area we will continue to monitor the situation.

Martin A. Pessink
Chief of Police
Pittsburg Police Department