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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By James C. McKinley Jr. / The Bulletin
September 15, 2008
HOUSTON — State officials mounted the largest rescue operation in Texas history on Sunday, taking nearly 2,000 people by boat and helicopter out of flood-ravaged towns on the Texas coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
At the same time, millions of others in the state coped without....