Texas City to build facility to provide shelter during tornadoes and hurricanes

Construction for a 3.4 million storm-resistant building in Texas City is set to begin in October, according to a listing on the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation website. The 5,000 square-foot Carver Community Center Combined Shelter is designed to provide Texas City residents and employees with a shelter during hurricanes, tornados and other extreme weather events, said Jack Haralson, the city’s director of public works. GALVESTON'S POST-STORM RESILIENCE: How the Great Storm of 1900 ruined Galveston – and how the city's resilience redefined it The project, which is estimated...