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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   TEXAS   NEWS MEDIA ALERT 9.11.08

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PODS ready to assist Texans safeguard belongings

CLEARWATER, FLORIDA – As Texas coastlines and communities prepare for by severe weather patterns as a result of Hurricane Ike, PODS, the portable moving and storage firm, stands ready to serve those in need of transporting and storing belongings away from evacuated areas for storage and as stand-ins for emergency personnel.

“Our deep commitment to serving local communities in need is a hallmark of the PODS corporate philosophy and we are prepared to assist citizens throughout the country,” said Thomas A. Ryan, Jr., PODS president and CEO. “Our PODS containers are constructed of a steel frame with specially designed aluminum skin panels, have a load capacity of more than three tons, and can withstand winds of up to 110-mph when partially filled.”

“PODS streamlines mobilization of portable storage during emergency situations or disasters to assist personnel in recovery and relief efforts,” Ryan said. “Our Rapid Response Team specializes in handling emergency disaster situations and is familiar in working with early responders to secure, recover and rebuild. Since PODS containers are portable they can serve when and where they are needed most as those priorities shift.”

PODS is a frequent early respondent to emergency situations, most recently dispatching 160 PODS containers to the Midwest region of the U.S. to assist in recovery efforts during the Iowa flooding, and delivering thousands of containers to emergency personnel in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

PODS Call Center telephone: 800-776-7637

On the web: pods.com

About PODS

In 1998, PODS revolutionized the moving and storage industry by originating the concept of transporting mobile storage containers. The convenient, cost-effective service is unique in that the patented hydraulic lift system (only available with PODS) is designed to significantly reduce shift in contents while the PODS brand container is being loaded onto the truck for transport. The container is then securely transported locally, state to state or internationally.

Currently, the PODS network provides service to a population of over 230 million consumers and businesses in 48 US states and throughout Canada and Australia. To date, approximately one million reservations have been completed, there are over 135,000 PODS containers in service, and PODS has performed approximately 150,000 long-distance relocations.