Near Charlie’s Bait Camp, Friday, May 11
At 12:11 a.m. Friday morning, May 11, Seadrift Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the South end of Lane Road next to the Intracoastal Waterway. Several mobile homes and travel trailers near Charlie’s Bait Camp were damaged by a possible tornado. A few vacation homes in the Shoalwater subdivision were also damaged. Seadrift Firefighters, assisted by Port O’Connor Firefighters and Calhoun County Sheriff’s Deputies, did a search of the damaged structures. A shrimp boat that was docked there was apparently blown loose by the high winds and was found drifting in the Intracoastal Waterway. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi was notified of the hazard by radio and barge traffic in the area was shutdown until the owner was able to go out and retrieve the drifting shrimp boat.
-Peter DeForest
Report for April, 2012
April 2: Seadrift VFD responded to a tree on fire next to a residence off of East Houston Ave. in Seadrift.
April 2: Seadrift VFD responded to a blown electrical transformer off of North Second Street in Seadrift.
April 2: Seadrift VFD responded to a one-vehicle accident on the Old Seadrift Hwy, also assisted EMS with a life flight helicopter landing.
April 6: Seadrift VFD and Port O’Connor VFD responded to a trash/brush fire off of Davis Road; Port Lavaca FD also responded.
April 7: Seadrift VFD and Port O’Connor VFD responded to a trash/brush fire off of Davis Road; Port Lavaca FD also responded.
April 7: Seadrift VFD and Port O’Connor VFD responded to a grass/brush fire off of Davis Road; Port Lavaca FD and Magnolia Beach VFD also responded.
April 8: Seadrift VFD and Port O’Connor VFD responded to a grass/brush fire off of Davis Road; Port Lavaca FD and Magnolia Beach VFD also responded.
April 8: Seadrift VFD responded to a trash/brush fire off of Davis Road.
April 16: Seadrift VFD and Port Lavaca FD responded to an oil tank fire off of Hwy 185 North of Ineos Nitriles.
April 17: Port O’Connor VFD and Seadrift VFD responded to a trash/brush fire in Port O’Connor.
April 18: Seadrift VFD and Port Lavaca FD responded to reported vehicle accident near the Hwy 185 and Hwy 35 intersection; cancelled while en-route.
April 23: Seadrift VFD and Port Lavaca FD responded to two-vehicle accident on Hwy 185 North of Hwy 35.
