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A Step for the Ike Dike

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 3:56pm

Last week, Harris County agreed to join the Gulf Coast Community and Recovery District. Harris County joins Galveston, Brazoria, Chambers, Jefferson and Orange Counties which had agreed months ago. The creation of this district means that they can launch a study of "ways to protect communities and the Houston, Galveston and Texas City ship channels from storm surge" (Galveston Daily). Importantly, it can study the feasibility and effectiveness of Bill Merrell's Ike Dike.

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TDHCA Weatherization Training Academy Gets Going

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 11:10am

Big news in energy efficiency here in Texas: The TDHCA Weatherization Training Academy had its first class in the Dallas area yesterday!

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has run the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) for years to reduce the energy burden on low income households as well as the elderly, persons with disabilities, and families with small children. However, when the ARRA increased funding for the program by almost 3000% last year, TDHCA decided to use the additional money to invest in training individuals throughout Texas to conduct weatherization, in addition to expanding the existing program. Talk about an investment in developing green jobs here in Texas!

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Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Opportunity

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 2:52pm

The City of Austin is now accepting applications for Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training.

The CERT Program educates people about disaster preparedness and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community.

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