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Hurricane IKE Coverage

Ike Relief Efforts Get A Homer

Sep 25, 2008 9:53 AM, Source: Ron Hays, Radio Oklahoma Network

The home run comes from Houston Astros slugger Carlos Lee, a native of Panama who owns a ranch in his native country as well as a ranch south and west of Houston. Lee toured the coastline earlier this week ...

Dealing with Post-Hurricane Disaster Stress

Sep 25, 2008 9:41 AM, Source: Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Evacuation, displacement, lack of utilities and communication, destruction of personal property and losses of other kinds – stress naturally follows disasters such as Hurricane Ike...

Yikes! Ike-related flooding likely to cause mosquito population explosion

Sep 19, 2008 10:44 AM, Paul Schattenberg,
paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu

Recent flooding, including flooding from storm surge and rains due to Hurricane Ike, likely will lead to significantly increased mosquito activity in many parts of the state, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert...

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From Southwest Farm Press:

Texans are called upon to assist saving thousands of livestock stranded after Hurricane Ike

Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples today announced joint efforts with local, state and federal partners as well as statewide agricultural organizations to meet the needs of thousands of agricultural producers impacted by Hurricane Ike...

From Delta Farm Press:

Louisiana: call for hay and feed donations

Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain has put out a call for donations of hay and cattle feed to supply cattle in coastal areas left stranded by the storm surge of Hurricane Ike...

After Ike: Help sought for Texas agriculture

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples yesterday announced joint efforts with local, state and federal partners as well as statewide agricultural organizations to meet the needs of thousands of agricultural producers impacted by Hurricane Ike...

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More Hurricane IKE resources fromthe Web

Texas officials seek haulers to move cattle out of two coastal counties

State officials in Texas said Wednesday, Sept. 24, that they need more trucks to haul as many as 20,000 cattle out of two southeast counties, which were inundated by the storm surge of Hurricane Ike. They are looking for cattle trucks that can haul 50 or more head at a time...

After Ike, livestock dying for lack of water

From Statesman.com: Hurricane takes terrible toll on cattle, crops in Southeast Texas. State agriculture agent Tyler Fitzgerald barely had time to talk Monday as he clambered across storm-ravaged pastureland in Chambers County near the Gulf Coast. Fitzgerald was busy trying to save cattle, horses and other animal survivors left in the muddy wake of Hurricane Ike, which caused 15- to 18-foot surges of ocean water to pour across the farms and ranches along the Southeast Texas coast over the weekend...

Groups Working to Rescue Stranded Galveston Horses

From TheHorse.com: While most residents fled the island of Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Ike approached amid National Weather Service warnings of "certain death," numerous horses and other livestock were left behind. Now rescuers are working to get the surviving animals to safety on the mainland, where a staging area for horses has been set up at Jack Brooks Park in Santa Fe, Texas...

Texas Veterinarians Call for Generators, Gas

From TheHorse.com: The Texas Veterinary Medical Association Foundation is asking for assistance buying fuel for generators for veterinary clinics hit by Hurricane Ike. Due to massive power outages that are expected to last through the week, the Texas Veterinary Medical Association is delivering generators to veterinarians in areas that were most affected...