Dan Davis - Mayor of Manvel Joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Seven fifty two, so that time here in Houston's morning news.
Brazoria County one of those areas hard hits by tornado action.
In total, we had five I think we had one
as big as an EF three officially from the National
Weather Services, that's about up to one hundred and sixty
five miles. For our wins with that sucker, we had
one person killed, five confirmed tornadoes in the Greater Houston area.

(00:22):
In Brazoria, one of those areas that got hit pretty good.
Manville Mayor Dan Davis joined us. Mayor, welcome to the show.
Glad you could join us here this morning. Bring us
up to day with damage in your city compared to
for example, I know Alvin got hit pretty good. What
about Manville, Well, thank you for having me on.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Thankfully Manville was spared. We had strong winds and rain
and after the storm passed through, our police department went
out and surveyed the city to see if there was
any damage, and thanthfully there wasn't. But the city to
the east of us, our neighbors over there, the city
of Alvin, the city of Liverpool, they were the ones
that were hit and that's where the tornado touched down.

(00:59):
Right off of the thirty five County Road one ninety
one area, and it began to work its way northeast
from there. So a lot of homes, some homes completely destroyed,
businesses and schools were all severely impacted by the devastation
from that tornado.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, you mentioned schools. I know. When I talked to
MARKELLO up in Montgomery earlier this morning, he didn't think
they had any public buildings such as schools, that were
impacted by it, But in Basooria you did. So is
there any word on what happens to the rest of
the school year for those kids? Are they gonna have
to find different building to go take classes at?

Speaker 2 (01:31):
As I understand it, the school district is actively putting
plans in place to be able to accommodate the students, teachers,
and administrators of the schools that were impacted that The
main school is a school called Walt Disney Elementary. Thankfully
we are out for winter break right now, so there
were no staff or teachers or students that were on

(01:53):
campus during that time. But seeing the aerial photos and
hearing stories of people that have seen it in person,
my son and I drove by it as well to
lay eyes on it. There are a lot of memories
in that school. Kids were excited to finish out the
school year. Those kids moving on to junior High. We're
excited to finish up elementary school there. So they're definitely
in our prayers.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, I heard the name Walt Disney Elementary. I thought
to myself, Hay, was Walt Disney from Texas? Why is
it named after Walt Disney.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
I don't know why specifically it was named Walt Disney.
We try to name a lot of schools after people
that have made a significant impact in our community. Bel
Sanchez Elementary, Shirley Brothers Elementary, But I do not know
specifically where that name wal.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
We have to find out for me. There's got to
be a good story there somewhere. I will thank you.
I appreciate that. One of the things that I noted
that i'd always notably get a big storm here in
Southeast Texas is neighbors helping neighbors. And I'm sure you
saw the same thing in your community over this.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
That's what it's all about, and that's one of the
reasons why my family and I love calling Virgiloria County home.
The city of Paarland, just to the north of US.
Mayor Kevin Cole reported that Parland PD and Periland fire.
We're sending resources down to the Alvin area. Our state
elected officials, Congressman Randy Weber. So many different organizations, nonprofits,

(03:15):
governmental entities are coming together to help those in need.
Been in conversation with Alvin Maher gave a Dame and others,
and I know that they are working diligently to help
in all of the recovery efforts. Our prayers are especially
with the family that lost the loved one. It's a
very tragic situation. You can replace homes, you can replace belongings,

(03:37):
but you can't replace a life that's been lost.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Hearts go out today, Amen, Mayor, thank you for joining
us this morning. Appreciate the update and lead hear you.
Folks fared fairly well in man Bill that's Manville Mayor
Dan Davis