East Texas Tornado Recovery: U-Haul Offers 30 Days Free Storage
SPRING, Texas (April 24, 2020) — U-Haul® is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container usage to East Texas residents impacted by Wednesday night’s severe weather.
A tornado tore through the town of Onalaska, 80 miles northeast of Houston, resulting in losses of life, a number of injuries and the destruction of many residences.
“Many people are dealing with property damage as a result of the storms,” stated Robert Abidin, U-Haul Company of Northeast Houston president. “U-Haul is stepping up to offer our neighbors a place to securely store their belongings during the clean-up process.
“Everyone is already facing unprecedented challenges from the coronavirus outbreak. We have the ability to help in the aftermath of this tornado. We want to make things easier.”
People seeking more information about the U-Haul disaster relief program or needing to arrange 30 days of free self-storage should contact the nearest participating facility:
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Conroe
1305 I-45 S.
Conroe, TX 77301
(936) 756-5489
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Kingwood
22250 Hwy. 59. N.
Kingwood, TX 77339
(281) 358-8646
With U-Box containers, you can conveniently pick up our custom-designed trailer and take your U-Box with you. U-Haul also can store your U-Box container in our secure warehouses or pick up and deliver it to a location of your choice.
U-Haul stores offer needed supplies to help with storm recovery like boxes, tarps, propane and propane tanks. Customers should ensure their tanks are topped off since propane is good to have in the event of long-term power outages.
U-Haul offered one month of free self-storage on March 12 to college students whose school schedules were interrupted by COVID-19. That offer is ongoing across the U.S. and Canada.
As an essential service provider, U-Haul remains open to meet the needs of customers and communities. For details on what U-Haul has done to enhance cleaning protocols, protect Team Members and customers, and encourage the use of programs that inherently promote social distancing and contactless business, please visit uhaul.com/announcement.
About U-Haul
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of 22,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 167,000 trucks, 120,000 trailers and 43,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers nearly 697,000 rooms and 60.7 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry, and is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S.
Contact:
Andrea Batchelor
Jeff Lockridge
E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com
Phone: 602-263-6981
Website: uhaul.com