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OBITUARIES COORDINATOR: TONY VASQUEZ, TVASQUEZ@VICAD.COM
PAGE DESIGNER/COPY EDITOR: SAMANTHA HANKINS, SHANKINS@VICAD.COM
Social media brings humor, warmth to Harvey
BY GABRIELLA CANALES
GCANALES@VICAD.COM
In light of Friday’s incom-
ing Hurricane, residents
tried reducing the heavi-
ness of Harvey through so-
cial media.
One narrative in particu-
lar can be found on Face-
book from District Attorney
Stephen Tyler after he
boarded his home in prepa-
ration for the weather.
“I sat down for some cold
water and doorbell rang,”
Tyler wrote. “I went out, no-
body was there. This went
on several times.”
He continues in this vein.
“I began to loose (sic) my
patience and became
rather profane as I won-
dered who was jacking with
me,” Tyler wrote. “I then
realized I had boarded over
the doorbell and it was ran-
domly ringing. Dang.”
Other residents took to
Twitter to express their
hurricane concerns.
Crossroads residents arrive at New Braunfels shelter
BY LAURA GARCIA
LGARCIA@VICAD.COM
NEWS BRAUNFELS –
About 80 Hurricane Harvey
evacuees, bringing with
them what they could carry,
arrived around noon Friday
at an emergency shelter at
a middle school in New
Braunfels.
George Halliday, regional
mass care lead disaster
services volunteer for the
American Red Cross, said
they are expecting up to
250 people to arrive from
areas affected by the hurri-
cane.
Most of these residents
fled in buses after manda-
tory evacuation orders
Celebrity musicians ex-
pressed thoughts and
prayers for residents.
Alyssa Adames, Universi-
ty of Houston-Victoria stu-
dent, tweeted at Memphis
May Fire’s vocalist Matty
Mullins: “@MattyMullins in
need of prayers for us as we
take on this hurricane here
in Victoria, Tx. It’s going to
be hitting us straight on.”
Mullins replied: “pray-
ing!!!!”
Twitter also offered resi-
dents a few laughs before
the storm.
Justin Vela tweeted: “All
I’m worried about right now
is not having any wifi”
Gabbie Luna tweeted: “In
the midst of all this hurri-
cane madness, I totally for-
got that today is pay day.”
Steven Brandt, senior at
Victoria West High School
tweeted: “I’ve already ate
all my hurricane snacks Matty Mullins, vocalist with Memphis May Fire, responded to a
and the hurricane hasn’t
University of Houston-Victoria student’s tweet requesting prayers.
even hit yet #Harvey”
were issued. Many had no
other means to evacuate.
Those who are evacuating
in their own vehicles are
asked to go to the main
emergency shelter at 200
Gembler Road in San Anto-
nio.
Members of the Texas
State Guard helped regis-
ter evacuees, and several
local volunteers are helping
serve food and water.
“We provide a place to
sleep and we provide food,”
Halliday said.
But for residents like
Mary Fields Livingston, of
Bay City in Matagorda
County, this is really nice
and organized.
OBITUARIES/HURRICANE HARVEY
Livingston celebrated her
55th birthday Thursday and
Friday morning evacuated
her home with her hus-
band.
“I didn’t want to leave, but
when they say mandatory,
you go,” she said while eat-
ing lunch. “I’m glad I came.
They ’re very helpful.”
Jeannie Pitts, 87, of Port
Lavaca, left on a bus from
Bauer Community Center
Friday morning.
Pitts, who uses a She was surprised how
wheelchair, was picked up
at her home and was sur-
prised to find a neighbor
she knew also evacuating.
“They told us our homes
would be destroyed,” she
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO VIA TWITTER
PHOTOS BY ANA
RAMIREZ/ARAMIREZ@VICAD.COM
ABOVE: Port Lavaca Police
Chief Colin Rangnow, middle,
speaks with Jason January,
left; Autumn Patterson, middle;
and Kyle Parker advising the
residents to evacuate. The Port
Lavaca residents refused and
said they’ve sat through other
hurricanes as well.
LEFT: Port Lavaca detective
Kenny Pyle prepares a fire to
barbecue chicken for himself
and co-workers at the Port
Lavaca Police Department.
ABOVE: A single truck drives down a street in downtown Port
Lavaca on Friday.
LEFT: Ronnie Hamrick sits in a truck with his dog after being told
he needed to vacate the area. Hamrick said he wanted get a
good view of the water.
said.
The day before the
mandatory evacuations she
was just returning from a
2,600-mile round trip to Ne-
braska with family to see
the solar eclipse.
“It was just absolutely
gorgeous,” she said.
Pitts, who is a retired mu-
seum director and sailor,
said she understands
weather and wasn’t going
to take any chances.
quickly Harvey formed,
though.
“It was just sitting there
doing nothing and then it
crops up into a major hur-
ricane,” she said.
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SHELTERS IN
SAN ANTONIO
Crossroads residents who
evacuated to the San Antonio
area and do not have a place
to stay can depend on area
emergency shelters.
Evacuees are asked to check
in at 200 Gembler Road, next
to the AT&T Center, where
they will be routed to a
shelter location in San
Antonio, said Woody
Woodward, of the San
Antonio Fire Department and
spokesman for the
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TODAY SERVICE
ATKINSON, PAUL, 93, of
Victoria: Funeral service 10
a.m. at Midtown Church of
Christ, interment following
at Memory Gardens Ceme-
tery, Grace Funeral Home,
361-573-4341.
TURNER, L.J. “JACK”, 79,
of Yoakum: Visitation 9-10
a.m. with funeral service
immediately following at
Thiele-Cooper Funeral
Home, entombment at
Yoakum Restland Ceme-
tery, Thiele-Cooper Funeral
Home, 361-293-5656.
ZDANSKY, RITA, 83, of
Lyford: Graveside service
11:30 a.m. at Seaside
Memorial Park, Corpus
Christi, Good Shepherd
Funeral Home,
Raymondville, 956-689-
0600.
of San Antonio.
Woodward said people should
bring their identification,
medication, other critical
medical supplies they may
need and clothes to last them
for at least 48 hours.
“The less they carry, the
better,” Woodward said.
The shelter locations
throughout San Antonio are
not being publicized because
people need to check in at the
Gembler Road address before
going to the shelters.
ISMAEL PEREZ,
VICTORIA ADVOCATE