Galveston County Office of Emergency Management

SITUATION REPORT #2

SUBJECT: Hurricane Gustav

DATE AND TIME COVERED: Friday, 29 August 2008 0700 AM through Saturday, 30 August 2008

● CURRENT SITUATION:

Gustav was upgraded from Tropical Storm to a hurricane and will begin to strengthen rapidly.  The Galveston County Office of Emergency Management is currently working extended daytime hours with activation of limited staff planned for Saturday morning at 0700 AM.  At 7:00 am CDT on Saturday, August 29, 2008, the eye of Hurricane Gustav was located near latitude 20.8 N; Longitude 81.6 W.  Hurricane Gustav is moving toward the north-northwest but is expected to resume a motion toward the northwest.  This motion will continue over the next couple of days.  The Galveston County Emergency Operations Center is activated with core staff and operating at a Readiness Condition 3. 

All Galveston County Departments and Employees are advised to monitor this situation closely.

● AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS EVENT:  Galveston County and surrounding counties

● RESPONDING OFFICES/DEPARTMENTS, RESOURCES COMMITTED: GCOEM 

● CASUALTIES:  None.

● DAMAGES:   None reported at this time.

● EVACUATION:  Galveston County will not be requesting evacuation at this time. 

● SHELTER:   None at this time.

● ROADS CURRENTLY CLOSED/IMPACTED:  None at this time.

● CURRENT UTILITY OUTAGES:  None at this time.

● COMMENTS:
 
The Governor has issued a proclamation of threat of imminent disaster for 61 counties in Texas.  The Governor’s Division of Emergency Management has begun to pre-stage resources including buses in various locations along the Texas Gulf Coast. 

The Emergency Management Division is closely monitoring this situation.  Conference calls are being conducted with the Local Jurisdictions, National Weather Service, State of Texas Operations Center and our regional partners.  This Office and the Emergency Operations Center are on Level 3 with Core Staff working extended daytime hours in order to prepare.

  The four (4) levels of EOC activation are:

   Level 1 (Emergency Conditions)
   Level 2 (Escalated Response Conditions)
   Level 3 (Increased Readiness Conditions)
   Level 4 (Normal Conditions)

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