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Officials urge those whostayed to get out now asresidents and businessesstrain generator-poweredwater and sewer systems

Initial supplies of food,water, gas are meant for

emergency operations,Chertoff emphasizes

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WEATHER: Partly cloudy, chance of rain, Highs: 80s, Lows: 60s/2A

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

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Advice & TV ........4CApplause ............5A

Comics ..............3C

History ................2A

Hurricane Ike ......1B

Money Manager ..6A

Opinions ............8A

Puzzles ..............4C

Sports ................1C

Weather..............2A

I N S I D EWhat to do afterin the aftermath

www.TexasHurricaneNews.com

Average price of a gallon ofregular gas in Southeast Texas:$3.62Price as of Sunday morning Sources: AAA, Oil Price Information Service

Dont rush back

Evacuees left scroungingin overwhelmed areas

By JULIE SHEHANE

THE ENTERPRISE

NACOGDOCHES PaulMartinez grabbed what hecould from the bare conven-ience store shelves and took hisplace in line Sunday morning.His family of five would sharetwo jumbo bags of Cheetos, a

EVACUEES, page 4A

By RYAN MYERS and

ASHLEY SANDERS

THE ENTERPRISE

ORANGE Giant pumps begandraining this submerged city Sun-day while rescue crews continued tofree residents trapped in their flood-ed homes.

I have no idea how long it willtake, said Jim Wolfe, the citys public

works director. We have never dealt with anything like this volume ofwater. I dont know, maybe a week.

FLOOD, page 7A

SwampedOrange pumping floodwaterinto swollen Sabine River

By DEE DIXON

THE ENTERPRISE

BEAUMONT Lines of cus-tomers snaked around a handful ofopen gas stations and stores inSoutheast Texas on Sunday only aday after Hurricane Ikes strike,ignoring emergency managementofficials pleas to get out and stayout due to limited resources.

Dont rush back, MichaelChertoff, Department of HomelandSecurity, said Sunday during a jointnews conference in Beaumont with

Southeast Texas emergency man-agement officials at the citysmunicipal court.

MESS, page 4A

By DAN WALLACH

THE ENTERPRISE

Downtown Beaumont lightscould come on as soon as today,but how long it takes for powerto be restored to the rest ofSoutheast Texas wont be knownuntil an assessment is complet-ed sometime this week, Enter-gys top executive said Sunday.

Joe Domino, Entergy Texaspresident and chief executive,

ENTERGY, page 7A

Power now orhow much later?Downtown Beaumont could light up today; restof Southeast Texas awaits Entergy assessment

INSIDE

Rescues scour city: 3A

Roadblock updates: 3A

Volunteers step up: 1B

Aftermath photos: 2-6B

Surge raises bayou: 7B

Yacht club floods: 7B

What stores are open? 8B

HS football in limbo: 1C

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THE AFTERMATH OF IKE FIVE-PAGE PHOTO SECTION: 2-6B

Homeland Security boss warns people to stay away from wrecked towns Mayors say sewage might back up into homes FEMA to pay evac costs

Tammy McKinley/The Enterprise

Rescue personnel return from a search and recovery mission where they rescued a dog in Sabine Pass on Sunday.

Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise

Standing water surrounds an Auto

Zone on MacArthur Drive in Orange.

Big generator blazes

Pete Churton/The Enterprise

A Beaumont firefighter and an Entergy worker prepare to extinguisha fire in a generator behind the Travis Street Substation Sunday. The

fire likely was caused by a mechanical malfunction, said Scott Rushof the Beaumont Fire Department. No one was injured.

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