| TIME |
EVENT |
| 4:00 PM |
Vendors Open |
| 4:30 PM |
Breakout Sessions 1-6
Evacuation of the Houston/Galveston Region (DEM - Department of Emergency Management)
Are You Ready? (Red Cross)
Hurricane 101 (NWS)
Insurance Industry (State Board of Insurance)
Prepare Your Home Utilities (CenterPoint Energy)
Are You Ready? ...in Spanish (Red Cross)
|
| 5:20 PM |
General Session Begins
|
| 5:30 PM |
Welcome
Mayor Bill White/County Judge Robert Eckles
|
| 5:50 PM |
The Record Breaking 2005 Hurricane Season
Stacy Stewart, NHC/TPC Specialist
|
| 6:15 PM |
Turning on the Lights
CenterPoint Energy
|
| 6:35 PM |
Evacuation Plan for the Houston/Galveston Region
Bill King, Chairman of the Regional Evacuation Task Force
|
| 7:10 PM |
Breakout Sessions 7-12
The Beaumont Story (TBA)
Are You Ready? (Red Cross)
What If Rita Had Come To Houston? (NWS)
Special Needs Population (TBA)
Prepare Your Home Utilities (CenterPoint Energy)
Evacuation/Special Needs...in Spanish (TBA)
|
| 7:55 PM |
Breakout Sessions 13-18
Evacuation of the Houston/Galveston Region (DEM - Department of Emergency management)
Communication with Employees During a Disaster (Private Industry)
Citizens Emergency Response Team (Harris County)
Insurance Industry (State Board of Insurance)
Pets in a Disaster (Houston Humane Society)
Prepare Your Home Utilities...in Spanish (CenterPoint Energy)
|
| 8:40 PM |
Question and Answer Session and Door Prizes |
| 9:00 PM |
End of Workshop |
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