Editing Seabrook, Texas (section)

==Infrastructure and services==
The [[Harris County Public Library]] Evelyn Meador Branch serves the community. The library opened on June 26, 1988. The original planning of the library started in 1985 when five Seabrook residents met Harris County Commissioner Jim Fonteno.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evelyn Meador Branch Library|url=http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/ev/evinfo.htm|publisher=Harris County Public Library|access-date=December 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509090405/http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/ev/evinfo.htm|archive-date=May 9, 2008}}</ref> The library suffered enough damage from [[Hurricane Ike]] that it was completely rebuilt.  The new, larger library reopened on June 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Three years after Ike, new Evelyn Meador Library opens June 28|url=http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/bay_area/news/article_c15a3275-093a-525d-9885-d88e455a4832.html|publisher=yourhoustonnews.com|access-date=March 22, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Seabrook-tx-kemah-bridge.jpg|thumb|Photo of Seabrook taken from the Kemah bridge. Waterfront and fish markets in the foreground, lower Todville in the middle, Seabrook residential area in the background.]]
[[Harris County Transit]] previously operated public transportation in Seabrook.<ref>"[http://www.harriscountytransit.com/routes.html Routes / Maps]." [[Harris County Transit]]. Retrieved on January 15, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.harriscountytransit.com/docs/Laporte_Seabrook.pdf Clear Lake/La Porte/Seabrook 5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719155113/http://www.harriscountytransit.com/docs/Laporte_Seabrook.pdf |date=July 19, 2011 }}." [[Harris County Transit]]. Retrieved on January 15, 2010.</ref> The Seabrook [[United States Postal Service|Post Office]] is located at 1600 Second Street.
<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/31102?p=3&s=TX&service_name=post_office&z=Seabrook Post Office Location - SEABROOK]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>

The Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) provides fire protection and medical first responder services to the city. The FD operates out of two stations and also has a fire boat docked at a local boat marina. SVFD is staffed entirely by volunteer firefighters. Equipment operated by SVFD includes: 
*3 engines
*1 tower truck
*1 rescue truck 
*1 rehab truck
*2 utility pick-up trucks
*3 chief vehicles
*1 fire boat
*2 rescue boats

Harris County Youth Village, a [[juvenile detention facility]], is located in [[Pasadena, Texas|Pasadena]],<ref>"[http://www.ci.pasadena.tx.us/users/0010/docs/New%20District%20Map%202011.pdf New District Map]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160118004545/http://www.ci.pasadena.tx.us/users/0010/docs/New%20District%20Map%202011.pdf Archive]). [[Pasadena, Texas|City of Pasadena]]. Retrieved on November 8, 2015.</ref> but has a Seabrook postal address.<ref>"[http://www.hcjpd.org/residential_facilities.asp Residential Facilities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924110330/http://www.hcjpd.org/residential_facilities.asp |date=September 24, 2013 }}." Harris County Juvenile Probation Department. Retrieved on November 8, 2015. "Harris County Youth Village 210 J.W. Mills Drive, Seabrook"</ref>

[[Harris Health System]] (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated Strawberry Health Center in Pasadena for ZIP code 77586. The nearest public hospital is [[Ben Taub General Hospital]] in the [[Texas Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/LOCATE.HTM|title=Clinic/Emergency/Registration Center Directory By ZIP Code|publisher=[[Harris County Hospital District]]|date=2001-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011119141023/http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/LOCATE.HTM|accessdate=April 8, 2021|archive-date=November 19, 2001}} - See ZIP code 77586. [https://www.harrishealth.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/community-assessment/pregnancy-birth-data/2012/infant-mortality-rate-2012.pdf See this map for relevant ZIP code].</ref>

===Damage from Hurricane Ike===
[[File:FEMA - 39090 - Damaged private property in Texas.jpg|thumb|Remains of a house on Todville Road, on Galveston bay, after Hurricane Ike struck]]
The city of Seabrook was under mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Ike on the morning of September 13, 2008. Hurricane Ike was the 3rd most destructive hurricane to hit the United States. In Seabrook, the [[storm surge]] not only knocked out the streets as a means of transportation, but also knocked the power out for the entire city, along with many others. Because Seabrook is surrounded by water, the aftermath of debris and boats on the roads was phenomenal from all of the boat docks close to shore.  Seabrook residents were left without power and running water for up to a month after Hurricane Ike made landfall.

A month after the hurricane, Seabrook was still dealing with people not being able to live in the conditions, even after the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) came. The students zoned to schools in the Clear Creek Independent School District (which are all the residents in Seabrook) missed almost three weeks of school due to the evacuation and the damage to buildings and roads in the Seabrook and surrounding areas.