Personnel involved in a practice exercise for a major emergency response sit in a makeshift Emergency Operation Center last Friday inside the Texas County Administrative Building in downtown Houston. From left, Earleen Stoops of the Texas County Health Department, Texas County Emergency Management assistant Deanna Robison, Texas County Presiding Commissioner Scott Long, Texas County Emergency Management Director Bill Karatzas and Licking Emergency Management Director Clint Schwartz. Credit: DOUG DAVISON | HOUSTON HERALD

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Doug Davison is a writer, photographer and newsroom assistant for the Houston Herald. Contact him by phone at 417-967-2000 or by email at ddavison@houstonherald.com.