SECOND DAY OF NO MAIL: SERVICES INTERRUPTED BY USPS BUILDING COLLAPSE IN HOUSTON

  

Mail deliveries to locations in and around Washington County are still being held up by flooding damages in the Houston area.

Officials at the Brenham post office today (Saturday) were turning away customers seeking their mail, following the collapse of the U.S. Postal Service’s processing and distribution facility in north Houston on Thursday.

Brenham post office workers are not responding to media when asked the current state of deliveries.  However, they were overheard telling customers there is no mail, and the status of deliveries is unknown.

KWHI initially reached out to the Brenham post office via phone, and was hung up on.  When we approached staff at the office in person, they were dismissive and directed our questions to the U.S. Postal Service’s Southern Area Corporate Communications office.

Several customers were seen entering the post office this morning and leaving seconds later, empty-handed.

A statement from the U.S. Postal Service Friday said the Houston facility that collapsed sorts mail and packages, and provides service for its commercial mailers.  The Postal Service said it will resume regular operations in the building as soon as it is safe to do so.

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