What do to if you need rescuing
Published 11:56 am Wednesday, August 30, 2017
From staff reports
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports that rescuers are fanning out all across the area to help rescuing what is believed to be hundreds and hundreds trapped by floodwaters.
“If you need help, please hang a signal such as a sheet out of your window to let them know that you are there,” deputies report.
Rescue crews are a combination of area law enforcement personnel, city public works crews and countless volunteers.
“There are volunteer boat crews launching off of Hwy 69 near Central Mall,” sheriff’s deputies reported on social media Wednesday. “They are working hand in hand with the group ‘Hurricane Harvey Rescue Golden Triangle.’ This is a Facebook group that is logging calls for rescue and coordinating the volunteer boaters”
“The Bob Bower Civic Center which is an evacuation shelter has began taking on water. They are taking care of those citizens who are already there,” the sheriff’s office reported. “They have set up an alternate shelter at MegaPlay Bowling Alley on Regional at Carl Parker. Many houses in Port Arthur are flooding and people are becoming trapped. Continue to call Port Arthur Emergency Services if you need assistance. Help is coming.”
