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City hall reporter @sfchronicle. Boston born, Philly trained, TX forged. RPCV: Paraguay. Call me ‘Sinjin.' Signal: stjbs.82

Aug 27, 2020, 6 tweets

Chronicle reporters and photogs are covering #Laura from locations across SE Texas. Be following @godovasquez, @jonjshapley, @sarahesmith23, @DugBegley, @emfoxhall, @CurrieEngel for more throughout the day.

A couple of stories to get you up to speed: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w…

Via @CurrieEngel, Over half a million people are without power this morning across the Gulf Coast following Hurricane #Laura's landfall
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w…

And here's the Chronicle's liveblog, with updates coming throughout the day: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w…

I'd also like to re-up this from yesterday -- our colleagues from the @BmtEnterprise -- are also all over the story. Those guys are @Mo_Bats, @rcrocker, @kimbpix, @mattGfaye, @FranRuchalski, @Chris_Moore09,
@KaitlinBain, @isaacdwindes and @byjorgeramos.

'We need it yesterday': As Houston breathes a very heavy sigh of relief that it didn't get clobbered by #Laura, Mayor Turner makes plea for 'Ike Dike' houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

'We really dodged a bullet': Following days of warnings, Houston spared by Hurricane Laura houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

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