2012 Hurricane Pre-Season OutlookWhat to do when a Hurricane Watch is issued:
What to do when a Hurricane Warning is issued:
What to do if an evacuation order is issued:
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2012 Hurricane Pre-Season OutlookWhat to do when a Hurricane Watch is issued:
What to do when a Hurricane Warning is issued:
What to do if an evacuation order is issued:
Additional Resources
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The City of Sugar Land would like to ensure that all residents are taking the necessary steps to protect themselves from extreme cold weather. Listed below you will find the latest on cold weather advisories and warnings, messages from the City, and links to helpful tips on how you can keep yourself and your family safe during a period of extreme cold. City of Sugar Land
Cold Weather/Freeze Preparation
Basic Tips to RememberFamily/Personal Safety
Home Safety
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The term “RUN FROM THE WATER, HIDE FROM THE WIND” describes the simple actions to protect families from the affects of a hurricane including high winds, storm surge, heavy rains and tornados. Areas close to the Gulf Coast are categorized as evacuation zones.
The Sugar Land area is not subject to the affects of storm surge and is not included in an evacuation zone. Hurricanes would not normally result in an evacuation for residents of Sugar Land and Fort Bend County. However, the threatened landfall of a Category 4 or 5 Hurricane may result in the need to evacuate Sugar Land.
State Highway 6, U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 90A are designated as hurricane evacuation routes. During an evacuation, coastal residents from Galveston and Brazoria Counties will travel through Fort Bend County and Sugar Land. Local residents are urged to avoid these roadways during a period of evacuation. Many intersections will be blocked and lights will be set to allow traffic to move away from the coast. The Texas Department of Transportation will “contra-flow” many highways to handle the increase in traffic moving inland. The state plan also calls for additional fuel, water and food to be made available along evacuation routes.
Many individuals may not have access to vehicles or transportation to evacuate. Persons that need special assistance to evacuate should contact the Sugar Land Department of Emergency Management at (281) 275-2860 or (281) 275-2864 to participate in the Special Needs Registration process.
Hurricane shelters are not normally opened in Sugar Land or Fort Bend County. Few buildings in the area are designed to withstand the winds associated with a category 4 or 5 Hurricane. Should an evacuation be called for Sugar Land, residents should move inland and not rely on suitable shelters in the immediate area. The location of shelters will be announced in the media, with certain zones directed to specific inland shelters and special need residents bussed to designated shelters.
]]>Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy for the ERCOT Region
Summer 2012
Released May 1, 2012
SUMMARY
ERCOT expects tight reserves this summer. Based on current information regarding resource availability and demand levels driven by anticipated above-normal temperatures, there is a significant chance that ERCOT will need to declare an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) on multiple occasions during the summer of 2012 and issue corresponding public appeals for conservation; these EEA declarations are not likely to result in the need to institute rotating outages.
However, if a higher-than-normal number of forced generation outages occur during a period of high demand, or if record-breaking weather conditions similar to last summer lead to even higher-thanexpected peak demands, the ERCOT system will likely have insufficient resources available to serve those demands. This insufficiency would result in the need for rotating outages to maintain the integrity of the system as a whole.
Drought conditions have improved during the winter and early spring in many river basins. While
reservoir levels are not expected to drop below power plant physical intake limits during summer 2012, potential risks to generation capacity persist while Texas remains under drought conditions.
The Department of Emergency Management is responsible for the city’s All-Hazards Emergency Management Plan. The primary mission of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) is to coordinate emergency preparedness, response and recovery efforts with all city departments, citizens and surrounding communities. This is done through various types of training and exercises that involve city employees from all departments, surrounding agencies and volunteers from the community.
Patrick Hughes
Emergency Management Director
Gloria Walker
Administrative Assistant
2700 Town Center Blvd. North
Sugar Land TX
Phone: 281-275-2853
