Even though you may feel that hurricane was far away, and heck, we didn’t even get rain out of it, Williamson County did receive hurricane refugees from the southeast.
On Wednesday night, August 26, Connie Odom, our Public Information Officer, put out notice that we’d been asked to provide housing for evacuees from Galveston, 57 rooms. Preparations were made with hotel/motels in Taylor, Hutto, Georgetown and Cedar Park.
Lo and behold, hours later and unexpectedly, our Emergency Management team was notified of need for hundreds of evacuees from the coast. COTA was setup as the receiving area to process these people, and then assignments to hotel destinations were made. Round Rock hotels/motels were added to the list and the result was:
- Sheraton at Georgetown - 205; Marriott LaFrontera - 320; Best Western Taylor - 20; Comfort Inn Georgetown - 17; Hampton Inn Hutto - 14; Holiday Inn Express Hutto - 17; Wood Springs Suites - 40; Total Evacuees Sheltered - 633.