Crystal Springs issued the following announcement on July 29.
Like a tragic crossover episode between two catastrophic television series, a community center known as the “Dome” in Mercedes, Texas, presented a uniquely grim glimpse at the tumultuous year that turned even worse for South Texas residents over the weekend.
As Hurricane Hanna spewed a mangled mess across the southeastern portion of the state, officials in Mercedes needed not only a place to house storm evacuees, but also a facility to take special mind of those who had tested positive for COVID-19.
Enter, the "Dome."
“The dome shall be the shelter for COVID-exposed families,” the city announced in a press release on Saturday. “Proper safety gear for staff and other safety measures shall be employed to make the facility and families as safe as possible. Be advised that this is for basic sheltering, and not hospital-care sheltering. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.”
For the first time in months, the pandemic wasn't the main hazard to fear. Not with life-threatening rain falling from the sky and hurricane-force winds whipping from the earliest H-named tropical storm in recorded history.
In Corpus Christi, the National Weather Service reported that about 2 to 3 inches of rain fell on the region by early Sunday morning, triggering widespread flooding. South Padre Island, where Hanna made its first landfall late Saturday afternoon, measured more than 14 inches of rain.The heavy winds spurred the need for an emergency rescue of three boaters at Marina Del Sol in Corpus Christi. The Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) water rescue squad used inflatable boats to save the trapped people, two of whom are elderly, on a sinking sailboat in rough waters and 65-mph winds.
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