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Ryan Knape, a freshman biomedical science major, writes down
the names of the students honored at the Silver Taps Tuesday.
Texas wildfires
force evacuation
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HOUSTON (AP) — Fueled by
parched conditions, wildfires contin
ued to burn across the state Tuesday
after forcing several hundred people
to evacuate their homes.
In Liberty County, northeast of
Houston, a fire charred 4,000 acres
and forced the
evacuation of at
least 92 homes
near Cleveland.
But those evac
uees were return
ing to their homes
by Monday night
after the fire was
contained, Yexas
Forest Service of
ficials said.
Helicopters
from the Nation
al Guard dumped
at least 200,000
’gallons of water
on the fire, offi
cials said.
Another fire near Kerrville has
consumed 1,125 acres and forced at
least 250 people to evacuate homes in
four subdivisions, a mobile home
Wildland fires
burning under
these conditions
can be expected
to grow larger,
burn hotter, ...
and threaten
more lives."
— Tom Spencer
fire risk assessment coordinator
park and an apartment complex, offi
cials said. By Monday afternoon, the
fire was 50 percent contained. An up
date was expected Tuesday morning.
The blazes prompted the Texas
Forest Service on Monday to issue a
fire safety alert, urging citizens to do
their part in pre
venting such fires.
The one in Ker
rville, authorities
said, began with a
barbecue.
“Wildland
fires burning un
der these condi
tions can be ex
pected to grow
larger, burn hot
ter, be harder to
put out and threat
en more lives and
property than
what we normally
experience,” said
Tom Spencer, a fire risk assessment
coordinator with the forest service.
Outdoor burn bans already have
been implemented in 174 counties.
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Wednesday, September 6th
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Dallas water main severed, streets flooded
DALLAS (AP) — Downtown
commuters on Tuesday found flood
ed streets and some cars underwater
after a construction crew acciden
tally severed a 30-inch water main
in this drought-stricken city.
Members of a hazardous materi
als team must help retrieve sub
merged automobiles from a parking
garage and other areas where mil
lions of gallons of water were esti
mated to have flowed from Mon
day's break. Ii also prompted the
evacuation of an apartment building
in a section of downtown Dallas.
Several downtown blocks re
mained closed Tuesday as water
was pumped out of the area.
A crew drilling more than 30 feet
below street level to install fiber-op
tic cable penetrated the 30-inch wa
ter line, Dallas Water Utilities Di
rector Terrace W. Stewart told The
Dallas Morning News on Tuesday.
The Earle Cabbell Federal Build
ing was partially flooded about 4:30
p.m. by water that soon filled sur
rounding streets. Water broke
through the surface of a parking lot,
creating a 50-foot hole in the pave
ment. Water flowed through first-
floor windows and broken glass
doors of another building.
An underground parking garage
below the Santa Fe Terminal Lofts
apartment building was flooded
with 12 feet of water. About 30 cars
in the bottom two levels were at
least partially submerged.
The swirling water knocked out
power at the Federal Building.
No injuries were, reported. But
residents of the swamped apartment
building were evacuated overnight
as a precaution.
“It was rising about an inch or
two a minute,” Asa Cloin, who lives
in the lofts and lost his car in the
underground parking, told the
newspaper. “There’s a big drain in
the bottom of the floor and it was
• coming up like a geyser.”
WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS
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Who’s Who applications are now available for both
undergraduate and graduate students in the following locations:
Commandant’s Office (Military Sciences Building)
Student Programs Office (2nd floor MSC)
Student Activities Office (125 John J. Koldus Building)
Sterling C. Evans Library
Office of Graduate Studies (125 Teague)
Office of the Dean of each College
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs (10th floor Rudder)
Completed applications must be received by the Student Activities Office no later than
5:00 pm on Friday, September 29, 2000. Applications may be hand-carried to the
Student Activities Office, sent through Campus Mail (1236 TAMU), or sent through U.S.
Mail. (See application for addresses.) Questions may be addressed to Sandy Briers
(862-1973 or sandy@stuact.tamu.edu) in the Department of Student Activities.
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