Baldwin County disaster relief agencies prepare for Ike

As evacuees from Hurricane Gustav headed back to Louisiana, Baldwin County community service agency members prepared for a possible landfall from Hurricane Ike.

Ann Ryals, director of the Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency, told members of Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster, a network of relief agencies, that while some forecasts had called for Hurricane Ike to move north in the Atlantic, the Friday projection moved the storm into the Gulf of Mexico around Wednesday.

Kelly Childress, acting VOAD chairwoman, said agencies and residents should be prepared to face the demands of another storm.

Baldwin County disaster relief agencies prepare for Ike