New Homes Shift Toward Senior-friendly Features - Usa Today states and cities worried about where the growing number of senior citizens will live when they're older are starting to ask that all new homes be built to accommodate the elderly. almost 60 state and local governments have passed initiatives ... www.usatoday.com
Perry Warns Texans In Ike's Path: Get Out Now - Houston Chronicle texas gov. rick perry, foreground, with lt. gov. david dewhurst in austin on thursday, warned that hurricane ike may devastate galveston and other coastal areas in its path. here is a roundup of how the state's various social-service agencies are ... www.chron.com
Texas Evacuates Parts Of Gulf Coast Ahead Of Ike - El Paso Times spectators watch the huge waves from hurricane ike roll by the okaloosa island fishing pier on okaloosa island, fla. on thursday sept. 11, 2008. the waves were so large they covered the main highway on the island closing it down to traffic. (ap photo ... www.elpasotimes.com
Texans Flee Low-lying Areas As Ike Turns Toward Freeport - Houston Chronicle here is a roundup of how the state's various social-service agencies are preparing for the effects of hurricane ike. ? department of state health services: dshs is stationing oxygen tanks at each comfort station along evacuation routes. a ... www.chron.com
Hurricane Ike Nears Texas Coast, Shutting Down Houston - International Herald Tribune hundreds of thousands of people streamed out of houston and neighboring cities on thursday as hurricane ike continued on a collision course with the central coastline of texas. as forecasters issued increasingly dire predictions for houston, the ... www.iht.com
Hurricane Ike Aims At Houston; Evacuations Called (update2) - Bloomberg sept. 11 (bloomberg) -- hurricane ike tripled in size in the central gulf of mexico as it churned on a weekend collision course with the 5.6 million residents of the houston area, where coastal communities prepared to evacuate. the system's strongest ... www.bloomberg.com
J.d. Power And Associates To Release 2008 New-home Builder Study ... - Msn Moneycentral westlake village, calif. , sept. 9 /prnewswire/ -- j.d. power and associates will announce the results of the 2008 new-home builder customer satisfaction, new-home design and new-home quality studies at 8 a.m. edt on wednesday, sept. 10 . (logo: http ... news.moneycentral.msn.com
Etienne Chevalon Jr. - Daily Iberian coteau — funeral services will be conducted for mr. etienne “jun” chevalon jr., 81, at 11 a.m. friday, sept. 12, 2008, at our lady of prompt succor catholic church with fr. barry crochet officiating. inter-ment will follow at our lady of prompt ... www.iberianet.com
Update: Hurricane Ike Gets Stronger On A Path To Texas - Northwest Herald houston – hurricane ike strengthened in the gulf's warm waters wednesday and churned toward the texas coast, and officials started to evacuate the first of millions of residents who could be in the storm's path. ike bloomed to a category 2 storm ... www.nwherald.com
Residents Scramble For Supplies - El Campo Leader-news l-n photo by brenda sommer keep it coming kelly janik watches as manual hinojosa, at right, and thomas castro load up sheets of plywood for her wednesday morning at sutherland's. she and her husband have a construction business and were booked solid ... www.leader-news.com