Disaster Recovery Centers To Open 

Release Date: July 23, 2003
Release Number: 1479-02

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Corpus Christi, TX -- To further help individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Claudette, the Governor's Division of Emergency Management, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are opening three Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC).

Opening July 24, 2003:

Port Lavaca DRC
Memorial Medical Center
1300 N. Virginia at Hwy 35
Port Lavaca, Texas
Suite 104
Bay City DRC
201 7th Street (Hwy 35)
Bay City, Texas
Suite 103
Victoria DRC
Dept. of Waste Water
Administration Building
1703 Airline Road
Victoria, Texas

The Disaster Recovery Centers will open at 9 a.m. on July 24, then the hours of operation will be:

Monday Through Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The centers are designed to provide detailed program information to those who have already applied for, or need, assistance under President Bush's July 17 disaster declaration for the Texas counties of Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Galveston, Goliad, Jackson, Matagorda, Refugio and Victoria.

Additional centers will be opened as needed in other locations.

Representatives from FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and other agencies will be on hand to answer disaster assistance questions.

Last Modified: Thursday, 24-Jul-2003 13:19:55