Sunny Side /South Park Super Neighborhood

Emergency and Disaster Drill

Jul 05, 2007

Press Release
May 23, 2007

Houston and New Orleans Hurricane Disaster Looms

For Immediate Release?….

For More Information: Charles X White ?– 713-292-3436

?“COMMUNITY EVACUATION EXERCISE?”
?“African American Neighborhoods Suffer Un-readiness Issues?”

On June 2, 2007 at Bethel Baptist Church?’s parking lot 5530 Selinsky at 1:00PM., civic clubs, clergy members and citizens will conduct a ?“COMMUNITY EVACUATION EXERCISE?” in cases of hurricanes, flooding or tropical storms. A press conference will be held at the top of the exercise to announce aspects of preparedness strategies for high risk neighborhoods for the 2007 season.

According to current news reports it appears that New Orleans and Houston African American Neighborhoods are taking on the same hurricane forced winds from double talking elected officials in terms of funding emergency readiness needs and housing needs in both cities.

This is event is organized by Charles X White, director of a community based-organization, participating agencies include: Constable May Walker, Precinct 7 (military transports), City of Houston Fire Department (triage staging site) and Southeast Branch Red Cross ?– staging site).

Currently, African American communities in New Orleans and Houston are asking the same questions concerning the millions of dollars that have been distributed in both cities regarding housing and emergency management training.

Both mayors and elected officials seem to be suffering from too much media and not enough knowledge on how to apply the National Incident Management System or risk management principles in the African American communities or high risk neighborhoods. Neighborhoods are not included in the mitigation process traditionally.

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