Aftermath Of Ike In Houston

From myfoxhouston.com:

Social Security representatives will be prepared to issue immediate payments to residents who cannot reach their mailboxes to get their benefit checks, officials say.

Approximately 20,000 paper checks are due to people receiving Social Security benefits from the affected areas on Wednesday.

Although mail delivery is returning to the majority of the impacted locations, many of the people who evacuated may not be able to return home to get their checks. Social Security representatives are prepared to issue immediate payments from any of their open offices.

However, Social Security officials announced the following offices will be closed on Wednesday, September 17:

• Angleton
• Beaumont
• Conroe
• Galveston
• Houston Downtown
• Houston Northeast
• Houston Northwest
• Houston Southeast
• Houston Southwest
• Houston Teleservice Center
• Pasadena
• Port Arthur
• Office of Disability Adjudication and Review Hearing Office, Houston Downtown
• Office of Disability Adjudication and Review Hearing Office, Bissonnet
• Office of Inspector General, Houston