The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests the week of February 22, 2021. Nineteen FREE+FAST+SAFE testing sites across Houston are on the schedule for the week. Houston Health Department The Houston Health Department will offer drive-thru testing at two surge sites affiliated with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [...]

FEMA Announces Emergency Aid for Texas FEMA announced federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Texas to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe winter storm beginning on Feb. 11, 2021 and continuing. Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in the designated area can [...]

Vol. 2, Issue 7 - 02.18.21 Press Conference: Mayor Turner Provides Updates on Outages and Boil Water Notice - 02.18.21 (starts at the 14m10s mark) Please view Mayor Turner's press conference from this morning for many informative updates on the current state of our city. Key Takeaways ERCOT has given the greenlight to energy providers to restore power [...]

The Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HCOHSEM) is continuing to monitor and coordinate recovery efforts across the area. The National Weather Service has issued a Hard Freeze Warning for Harris County beginning at midnight and lasting until 9:00 a.m. Friday. Remember to protect the 4 P’s – people, pets, pipes and [...]

02.17.21 The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) operates the electric grid and manages the deregulated market for 75 percent of the state.  They had directed energy providers, such as CenterPoint, to restore power to 600K households yesterday, and hope to reduce more outages over the course of today. Follow ERCOT on Twitter to monitor updates. Follow CenterPoint on Twitter to monitor [...]

Life-threatening cold weather conditions continue in Harris County. Temperatures are unlikely to move above freezing for more than a few hours until Wednesday. Freezing rain and ice will also return overnight in much of the county. Plan to arrive at the location where you intend to spend the night no later than 5:00 p.m. today. STAY [...]

Weather Information The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Houston beginning midnight Tuesday to 6 AM Thursday. Travel will continue to be very difficult through Tuesday morning with ice covered roads. Power outages are ongoing. The extremely low wind chills, below zero will be life threatening to people and animals outside without adequate warmth or shelter! [...]