KBTV 4: Military Unit Staging at Parkdale Mall

KBTV News has learned a military convoy is staging outside our studios at Parkdale Mall. Just after 1:00p.m. Sunday, a convoy of nearly 100 military vehicles assembled in the parking lot of Parkdale Mall.
This unit of the Texas National Guard is being deployed in the Golden Triangle area to assist in Hurricane Ike recovery. This National Guard group is prepared to assist in search and rescue, recovery, or whatever support is needed.

Members of the unit tell KBTV they were originally headed for the Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula area, but were called back to the Golden Triangle to assist with recovery efforts here. They say Galveston and Bolivar were both inaccessable at this time.