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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

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THE ADVOCATE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE 1880

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Ike’s projected path edges north

Comparing paths Forecasters predict landfall Friday or Saturday between Freeport, Galveston
Here are the paths of hurricanes Rita and Carla and the
By SARAH MOORE track from Port Lavaca to an
projected path of Hurricane Ike. Projected path of Ike THE ENTERPRISE area between Freeport and INSIDE
Galveston. ◆ List of hurricane-related closings: 3A
Tropical Category Category Category Category Category Hurricane Ike still is forecast National Weather Service ◆ Vulnerable areas get evacuation orders: 4A
storm one two three four five
to hit the Texas coast as a major meteorologist Mike Griffin ◆ Residents prepare for rough weather: 9A
hurricane Friday or early Satur- explained that the center tries ◆ Ike scrambles high school football: 1C
Miss. Ala. Ga.
day, according to National Hur- to avoid making big jumps in
TEXAS La. 30° ricane Center models. the forecast track every time ONLINE
Atlantic
Gulf of
Fla.
Ocean The burning question on the models shift, preferring to ◆ Live hurricane tracker ◆ Evacuation map
Mexico everyone’s mind is where. make the change gradually as ◆ Interactive storm map ◆ Hurricane tips
2 a.m. today RITA Wednesday night, center per- Find it all at www.TexasHurricaneNews.com
Sept 17-24, 2005 sonnel shifted Ike’s projected IKE, page 5A

CUBA
20° Caribbean
MEXICO Sea
JAMAICA IKE
Sept 4-15, 2008
7 years after 9/11: Are we safer today?
80°
CARLA
400 MILES Sept 3-16, 1961

Source: NOAA Rob Smoak/The Enterprise

Shifty hurricanes
pull fatal fakeouts
In 1961, Carla’s last-minute wobble unexpectedly
extended storm’s destructive reach into SE Texas
By RYAN MYERS Hurricane Carla struck the
THE ENTERPRISE Texas coast as a Category 4
storm Sept. 11, 1961.
Charging into the Gulf of Like Ike, Carla once aimed
Mexico, Hurricane Ike on directly for Southeast Texas,
Wednesday looked bound for before its path jogged south.
the south coast of Texas, well A day before it hit, Carla was
away from a Southeast Texas forecast to land between
landfall. Aransas Pass and Matagorda,
But 47 years ago, a storm with almost 300 miles from Beau- Photos by Dave Ryan/The Enterprise
a similar track proved a landfall mont.
hundreds of miles away still Darrell Werner, a port authority police officer, uses a the trailer of a truck entering the Port of Beaumont on
could be devastating locally. CARLA, page 5A
rolling mirror to check for hidden objects underneath Wednesday afternoon.

On guard
Students in LIT homeland security program
could be the ones who prevent another attack
Pete Churton/The Enterprise
By EMILY GUEVARA
Allen Anderson of Beaumont watches Hurricane Ike updates while THE ENTERPRISE
working out at Beaumont Health & Fitness on Wednesday.
BEAUMONT — When New

Ike watchers have York City’s twin towers crashed

down seven years ago today, Jim
Doane watched in horror just like
the rest of the country.

one-track minds
But Doane didn’t stop his reac-
tion at the emotional level. The
Lamar Institute of Technology
professor decided to do some-
thing.
At work, at gym, at restaurants, Southeast Texans So he and others at the Lamar
Institute of Technology created a
can’t keep their eyes off reports about hurricane program to train students to
understand terrorism and man-
By RYAN S. CLARK age emergency situations as
employees of law enforcement
SpeakUP THE ENTERPRISE
agencies or private security com-
How much time BEAUMONT — Top 40 hits blared panies.
have you spent throughout Beaumont Health & Fitness on “It opens up job opportunities
Wednesday, but the lunchtime crowd was for them,” said Doane, who is
tracking Hurri- Tom Noyola teaches a first-level homeland security course at LIT.
paying little attention. director of the Homeland Securi-
cane Ike? ty and Criminal Justice programs
Most took moments from their work-
Take our survey outs to steal peeks at the Weather Channel at LIT.
at Beaumont INSIDE Recordings at multimedia library tell the stories of 9/11: 7A Five years later, the two-year
and other news outlets to see if Hurricane
Enterprise.com ONLINE Video of LIT security program: BeaumontEnterprise.com
TRACK, page 4A SECURITY, page 7A

DNA confirms identity of
remains found in oilfield
north of Jasper: 3A
INSIDE Classified ........5C Obituaries ........6A Dow Nasdaq Average price of a
Advice & TV......2B
Comics ............4B
Life & Style ......1B
Opinions ..........8A
Puzzles ............3B
gallon of regular gas
in Southeast Texas:
As of Wednesday morning
$3.60
Sources: AAA, Oil Price Information Service
Business ..........6B Markets ..........5B Sports ............1C +38.19 +18.89
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