Fort Bend County EOC Activated - Situation Update 1

Posted December 4, 2009 11:54:19 AM CST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Fort Bend County activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 7:00 am today. The EOC is partially activated and staff from the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) are monitoring the snow situation closely.

A significant amount of snow is falling, especially in the southern parts of the county.
Several inches of slush are currently building up on roads.
Temperature is expected to drop to freezing in the afternoon, and stay at or below freezing until tomorrow morning.
Dangerous road conditions may be present after freezing temperatures set in.
Public Transportation is cutting back service in response to the weather conditions. Commuter service provided by TREK is shutting down at 12 Noon; and only medically-related demand responsive transports will be made after 1:00 pm. The County's Public Transportation Department is coordinating with area Senior Centers and dialysis centers to ensure safe transport for those who are at such facilities.
All non-essential county employees are being dismissed at 12:00 noon today.
School Closure information is still coming in, and will be posted on district websites when available.
- Katy ISD announced an early dismissal: Secondary campuses at 12:35 and Elementary campuses at 1:40
- Fort Bend ISD: Still on regular schedule
- Lamar CISD: Still on regular schedule, but evening activities cancelled
- Needville ISD: will be releasing students at 1 PM today. Buses will run their regular afternoon routes at that time. All NISD activities scheduled for tonight have also been cancelled.
- Stafford Municipal School District: after-school student and athletic activities have been cancelled for Friday
SafeSchoolAlerts.com is operated by the Harris County Department of Education and is posting school closure information for much of the region.

Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management will be updating our website throughout the day, and will keep you updated as conditions change.

there is also a significant amount of information and updates on social media sites.

FBCOEM's Facebook page has information: http://www.facebook.com/fbcoem
FBCOEM's Twitter page: http://www.twitter.com/fbcoem
Twitter "HashTag" (category): #HouSnow

Please let us know if there are developments we are missing by submitting an inquiry, or contacting us via our social networking sites.

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