Thanks to Danielle for this information. It's a good reminder to look at your disaster plan.
Laurie -----Original Message----- From: Plumer, Danielle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:07 PM To: Genealogy Round Table Subject: [genealogy] Status of libraries, archives, and museums affected by Ike The Texas Library Association is assembling reports on libraries affected by Hurricane Ike and has put them online at http://www.txla.org/temp/Status%20of%20Libraries%20in%20Southeast%20Texas.pd f. You can donate to the Disaster Relief Fund at https://secure.txla.org/secure/forms/donmenu.asp. The Society of Southwest Archivists has set up an unofficial Wiki at http://ssarchivists.wikispaces.com/ so that repositories can report news on Hurricane Ike and how they fared. Since it is an unofficial site, anyone can add content, and many libraries are posting there as well. I had a meeting with the museum services division at the Texas Historical Commission yesterday. THC will be sending teams to affected areas to evaluate damage to historical structures, but so far they have not heard from any museums requiring collections assistance, and Laura Casey and Carlyn Hammons from museum services are not planning to go until things have settled down. The Texas Association of Museums will be sending out a report on affected institutions by the end of the week, but I just called Ruth Ann Rugg, the director, and she reported that most institutions came through Ike okay. The one institution she knew of that suffered heavy damage to collections was the Lone Star Flight Museum; many of the airplanes were not stored in hangars. There is a story on damage to institutions in Galveston available at the Austin NPR affiliate, KUT: <http://kut.org/items/show/14014>. There is an article on Houston area museums in the Houston Chronicle, http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/6001367.html. I looked at the post-Ike satellite images available at <http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/ike/29094C7_IKE.HTM> and compared them to previous images available in Google maps; I see lots of trees down and areas that still have flooding, but not too much visible structural damage to the historic buildings I recognize. Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
