The State EOC has issued potential timelines for response to Ana or Bill, should they threaten the Texas Coast:
Lee, W5LHC
1.Current Situation:
Tropical Storm Claudette will make landfall overnight in the western Florida Panhandle. No threat to Texas. Tropical Storm Ana has weakened to become a tropical depression. Most current models do not develop Ana once it enters the Gulf.
Tropical Storm Bill appears to be destined to become a major hurricane.
W2IK | 
Bexar Operators Group, Disaster Response, MARS, New Hams, Public Service, REACT, Skywarn | 
08 16th, 2009| 
1 Comment »Later this month on August 29th, the combined talents of Navy-Marine Corps MARS, REACT, National Weather Service, Bexar Operators Group and others will work together during a hurricane drill. Information will be passed using both MARS EEI and standard text messaging when a “hurricane” landfalls on an area just north of Corpus Christi. We will also have coastal hospitals and Skywarn personnel working the event. The drill is scheduled for the morning of Saturday, August 29th.
This will be a test of various MOUs and our ability to communicate with each other in case a real weather event should erupt.
This is NOT just some “table top” drill, as stations will actually deploy along the coast and along evacuation routes from both Houston and Corpus Christi. In addition, there will also be stations up and running at two National Weather Service offices (New Braunfels & Corpus Christi). And now it looks like “someone invited” Tropical Storm Bill to come help make our drill be a bit more realistic. 🙂