Texas

Houston Information  

• City of Houston Web site
• City of Houston Emergency Management (713) 884-4500
• City of Houston Hurricane Ike Recovery Guide is available on the city's homepage www.houstontx.gov
• Transportation Assistance - If you will need transportation assistance during a disaster, make sure that you pre-register with the TAR -- Transportation Assistance Registry.  You can register by going to http://www.houstonoem.net/go/survey/1855/1097/  You must register EVERY year.  Register now before the storm hits Houston!
• Call 311 within Houston. Staff will try to provide information about points of distribution (PODs) for MREs, ice, water and wheelchair charging locations.
• For emergencies, call 911.
• For urgent services in the Houston area, call the Houston Police Department at (713) 884-3131 and press 0 for information and referral assistance
• For Medical Help for People Who Are Homebound in the Houston area, call the Catastrophic Medical Operations Center at (713) 884-4408. For help with dialysis needs, call (866) 407-3773
• For transportation in Houston to dialysis, medical appointments, PODs and wheelchair charging locations, call Metrolift at (713) 225-6716. This generally requires booking 24 hours in advance 
• For information on hurricane recovery in the City of Houston, visit www.Houstonhurricanerecovery.org.   For more information, please call 3-1-1.  If calling from outside the City Limits, call (713) 837-0311

Statewide Information

• Electric Assistance - Public Utility Commission - There are programs available to assist electric customers; click on http://www.opc.state.tx.us/documents/energy  Go to Consumer Alerts, then click the article "Emergency Assistance for Summer 2009.

• Recovering from IKE - Office of the Governor of Texas http://www.governor.state.tx.us/hurricane/
• Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities - Hurricane Ike Resources
• Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services - DADS Hurricane Information
• Texas Health and Human Services Commission Food Stamp information and application
• Texas Governor's Division of Emergency Management 1-512-424-2138 http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem
• Office of Attorney General, General Consumer Protection 1-800-621-0508 http://www.oag.state.tx.us/hurricane/index.shtml
• Texas Department of Insurance 1-800-252-3439 http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/consumer/storms/cpmhurrike.html

Texas Gulf Coast Information

• American Red Cross - List of Shelters in the Area 

  1-800-733-2767 or 1-800-257-7575 (Español)

• City of Houston Web site
• City of Houston Emergency Management (713) 884-4500

• City of Houston Hurricane Ike Recovery Guide is available on the city's homepage

  www.houstontx.gov
• Harris County Web site
• Important phone numbers for Harris County (pdf)
• Area Agency on Aging, Harris County (713) 794–9001
• Brazoria County Web site
• Galveston County Web site
• City of Galveston News & Information
• City of Galveston Emergency Operations Center  (281) 309.5002 or tollfree 1.888.384.2000
• Montgomery County Web site
• Free Health Care Hotline Call (713) 633.2255
• Houston Food Bank (713) 223.3700
• SPCA Animal Rescue  (713) 435.2990
• Salvation Army 1.888.312.4567 or for ICE and Water call 1.800.253.1868
• Call 311 within Houston. Staff will try to provide information about points of distribution (PODs) for MREs, ice, water and wheelchair charging locations.
• For emergencies, call 911.
• For urgent services in the Houston area, call the Houston Police Department at (713) 884-3131 and press 0 for information and referral assistance
• For Medical Help for People Who Are Homebound in the Houston area, call the Catastrophic Medical Operations Center at (713) 884-4408. For help with dialysis needs, call (866) 407-3773
• For transportation in Houston to dialysis, medical appointments, PODs and wheelchair charging locations, call Metrolift at (713) 225-6716. This generally requires booking 24 hours in advance