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Hurricane Ike Coverup: Call to Action

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TX PATRIOT
User ID: 506675
9/20/2008 6:52 AM

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As for the recovery, no matter how large their manpower numbers, they'll never be able to search through all that rubble. What better way to find the dead than to allow the living back in. Sounds horrible, I know. That's what happened here and I think that is what is happening there now.

People in N.O. were screaming to come home, just like there. When they let the people back in, that's when they started to find MORE bodies, unfortunately.
I think they know many were washed out to sea.
Unlike N.O., there was no place for the water to recede to and the bodies floated around...was easy to find most of them.

I hate saying all this, just trying to be realistic.

Quoting: Beingsouthern

As discomforting as it is to consider, I appreciate the realism.

I hope people returning are thinking in this vein as discovering bodies, I'm quite certain, will be significantly traumatic on top of discovering their personal losses.

The thought about what these residents have to face makes my stomach turn. God be with each one.

.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 507023
9/20/2008 7:23 AM

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$6 billion storm? Ike's economic impact felt

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and PAUL J. WEBER – 7 hours ago

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Shrimpers and oystermen lost their boats to the muck. Tourist areas on the coast that should be bustling at the start of convention season are flattened. Lingering power outages are keeping offices empty and restaurants closed from Texas through the Midwest.

It will take months or more to tally Hurricane Ike's financial toll, but one thing is clear: Almost nobody in its path escaped unscathed.

"Every industry has been impacted by this storm," said Jeff Sjostrom, president of the Galveston Economic Development Partnership.

The storm carried hurricane-force winds as far north as Kentucky — which suffered its widest power outage in history — and driving rain clear into New England. More than 500,000 people remained without power Friday in Kentucky and Ohio; schools in Louisville, Ky., were to open Monday after Ike closed them for a week.

Risk Management Assessment Inc., which quantifies risks for insurance companies, estimated Ike's impact would land in the low end of the $6 billion to $16 billion in insured losses that the firm initially predicted.

In Texas, power has been restored to more than half the customers who lost electricity during the storm. The fuel industry reports that more than 75 percent of retail stations have resumed operations and nearly 100 percent of terminals were operating, Gov. Rick Perry said.

"I urge Texans to stay where they are as local leaders work around the clock to bring necessary utilities back online," Perry said.

In Houston, where the booming energy industry has kept the nation's fourth-largest city economically stable in a nationwide slump, the outlook was downright positive. The city's port survived with minimal damage, and the Gulf of Mexico's oil and gas production barely took a dent.

"I'd rather be in Houston right now than Wall Street," said Leo Linbeck III, a Rice University professor.

Ike crashed ashore last weekend near the mouth of Galveston Bay, which produces about 15 million pounds of seafood each year. Shrimpers and oystermen there will practically have to start over. Even those who can salvage their trawlers will have to cope with the carpet of debris Ike dumped on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico.

Seafood wholesalers were hit hard, too. Ike destroyed the docks owned by Prestige Oysters Inc., one of the biggest harvesters in the Gulf, and slid its shrimp houses off their slabs. Owner Lisa Halili is wondering what to do with an arriving flock of immigrant fishermen who hold work visas but not jobs.

More than half the oysters sold in the eastern U.S. come from Louisiana and Texas. But Ike killed oyster reefs with waves of shocking saltwater, and officials say Ike's march through Galveston Bay will be catastrophic to an industry that generates more than $100 million annually.

"This storm, nobody realizes, has totally wiped out the industry," Halili said. "You can't buy an oyster reef."

Representatives of Louisiana's $2.6 billion seafood industry are asking the state's congressional delegation for federal relief. Early estimates indicate the industry sustained up to $300 million in economic losses to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

Cattle ranchers lost entire herds in some Texas counties, and animals not among the 4,000 killed right away may still die from eating the grass or drinking water tainted by salt.

More than 11,000 workers have filed unemployment insurance claims in the wake of Ike, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.

The longer it takes to reopen schools and businesses, the greater the risk that Galveston's best workers will be snapped up by other areas.

Downtown on Galveston's historic Strand, Eddie Ferre, whose father owns Luigi's restaurant, said it will be December before they can gut their flooded restaurant and reopen. All their waiters moved to Dallas and Corpus Christi to find new jobs, he said.

Even if Luigi's could reopen sooner, Ferre's mother, Martha, wondered who would come. Their upper-tier clientele comes from the big beach houses on the hard-hit western end of the island.

In the short term, the area will benefit from the huge influx of government recovery spending and insurance money, said Galveston County Judge Jim Yarbrough, the county's highest-ranking elected official. But the recovery will be uneven.

"Property values are probably going to take a punch in the stomach," and many people will initially be afraid to rebuild, Yarbrough said.

Most of Galveston's workforce is stuck off the island, which will remain closed to residents for at least another week. The city decided its water, sewer and electrical infrastructure was too badly damaged to support its population of nearly 60,000.

At the same time, out-of-state recovery crews stream onto the island every day, snapping up business that local companies need to stay afloat.

"Why can't we get our own people here?" asked Patricia Bolton-Legg, who runs Competitive Electric with her husband. "We get all of these out-of-towners here. They're going to take our business."

Ike slammed Galveston in the midst of a nearly decade-long economic renaissance. About $2.5 billion of new construction was under way when Ike swamped the narrow island, Sjostrom said. About 80 percent of the island's structures are still standing, so Galveston will not be starting from scratch.

Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said she is optimistic that crowds could pack the city's downtown again as soon as late October.

"We've had a lot of storms here," she said. "People will come back."

Paul J. Weber contributed from Houston.

The_Venerable
User ID: 412220 (OP)
9/20/2008 2:01 PM

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Yep I said, just a cover for the insurance people on Wall Street. That guy even said it in the article above.

The_Venerable
User ID: 412220 (OP)
9/20/2008 2:36 PM

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The_Venerable
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9/20/2008 6:50 PM

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Munster Subscriber

Have you given blood today?
User ID: 502100
9/20/2008 7:18 PM

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Today, the media informed us that only 2 dozen fatalities in Texas have been attributed to Ike. This is one week after the storm.

After reviewing the damage done (links from this thread) and knowing that so many thousands of folks did not evacuate, I will simply state we are being lied to.

It's clear the Blackhawks were in 100% data gathering mode immediately after Ike. There was no indication of major rescue operations taking place. Seeing as how the data from these (covert) missions was not shared with the American people, I would assume this will be another case of twisted slanted and otherwise distorted and misleading bullshit.

Yeppers. 2008 and we still don't seem to have a clue on how to handle a localized disaster. The American people deserve better than this.

garrett
User ID: 507454
9/20/2008 10:06 PM

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what does the bump sign mean???

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 507457
9/20/2008 10:10 PM

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because we want to know how many died!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 507399
9/20/2008 10:11 PM

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You know it is almost as if "they" don't want the enemy to know how effective "their" weapon was.... spooky stuff here

garrett
User ID: 507454
9/20/2008 10:16 PM

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i am not anonomous because i could care less who reads this. i know there is a coverup i want to know what that bump sign means?

Coolchick Subscriber

User ID: 427959
9/20/2008 10:29 PM

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what does the bump sign mean??? Quoting: garrett 507454 It is a way of bumping a thread back up to the top so others can see it, and so that it doesn't just keep falling back into the back pages. Just replying does that too. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

TX PATRIOT
User ID: 506675
9/20/2008 11:37 PM

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Yeppers. 2008 and we still don't seem to have a clue on how to handle a localized disaster. The American people deserve better than this. Quoting: Munster

The_Venerable
User ID: 412220 (OP)
9/21/2008 12:56 AM

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for a new day.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 507367
9/21/2008 2:42 AM

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what does the bump sign mean??? It is a way of bumping a thread back up to the top so others can see it, and so that it doesn't just keep falling back into the back pages. Just replying does that too. Quoting: Coolchick

The_Venerable
User ID: 412220 (OP)
9/21/2008 4:38 AM

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Goodnight, GLP. Tell everyone you know about the cover-up. Every single person. We must get the word out. Quoting: The_Venerable 412220 Well then, again.

The_Venerable
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9/21/2008 12:18 PM

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The_Venerable
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9/21/2008 8:00 PM

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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 506832
9/22/2008 12:56 AM

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The_Venerable
User ID: 412220 (OP)
9/22/2008 5:11 AM

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Missing and Unaccounted for from Hurricane Ike (unofficial)
...from ABC 13 Houston Missing Persons Locator

[link to abclocal.go.com]

This does not include all the missing nor is anyone on this list missing for sure. The people on this list, their family members have posted a listing saying they are missing or otherwise have not been heard from since before Hurricane Ike hit, over a week ago.

Galveston Island
MISSING:

Adley, Tom
Allen, AJ
Allen, Betty
Allen, Carolyn
Allen, Jackie
Allen, Kim
Allen, Regina
Allen, Rosalyn
Alonso, Olivia
Alvarez, Frances
Alvarez, Hector
Anderson, Tom and Asa
Anderson, Cory
Armentrout, Joe
Arrambide, Marion (Port Bolivar)
Ashmore, Dee
Asocar, Gilbert
Asocar, Margie
Asocar, Roger
Auzston, Mike
Ballesteros, Antonia
Bangle, James
Baty, Mark (Texas City)
Baty, Matthew
Baty, Melvin
Baty, Michael
Beaird, Suzanne and Richard
Bell Family
Berry, Edmond
Best, Julie
Best, Mike
Billiot, Helen
Bittner, Devon
Brewster, Carl
Brick, Pauline
Brown, Darrell and Rodney
Brock, Margo
Brown, Mary
Brown, Tom
Bruner, Becky (Crystal Beach)
Bruner, Robert (Crystal Beach)
Buggey, Krista
Buggey, Townsend
Buss, Wayne
Caberio, Vera
Campbell, Ray
Campos, Alex
Campos, Carlos
Campos, Lalo
Campos, Rita
Campos, Suzie
Campos family (other members)
Carr, Jimbo
Carra, Bobbie
Carra, Jim
Carrera, Juan and family
Chambers, Dorice
Claypole, Connie
Claypole, Gary
Cleveland, Brother (Island Church)
Coker, Sonya
Conti, Shirley
Cooper, Ronald
Crawford, Chelsea
Crawford, Eric
Crawford, Jana
Curly and family (no last name given)
Dagg, Bill
Dagg, Kathleen
Damstorm, Harvey
Danielle and two sons (no last name given)
Darras, Jackie
Darras, Patia
Deadrick, William
Deadrick, Emily
Deharde, George
Deharde, Pat
De La Cruz, Joey
De La Cruz, Julie
Dickerson, Velma Rae (Crystal Beach)
Dort, Robert
Dues, John Jr. and Annie
Dustin, Albert
Edwards, Barbara and family
Fant, Lillian
Francis, Angie and two children
Freeman, Camille
Freeman, Mark
Gabriles, Delores
Gabriles, Jim
Gallagher, Joe
Garcia, Delores
Garibay, Tammy
Garibay, William
Garza, Danny
Gilbert, Stacy
Gilliam, Ray
Gobert, Beatrice
Gomez, Willie
Gonzalez, Rosendo Jr.
Gonzalez, Zachary
Graham, Denise
Graham, Jeff
Graham, Wardell
Gray, Alice
Gray, Charlie
Gray, Charles Frederick
Haley, Eugenia and family
Hanley, Gary
Harper, Karren
Harper, Marissa
Harper, Valerie
Harris, Frances
Harrison, Allen
Haynes, Franklin
Hill, Pierce Jr.
Hollis, Grace
Holloway, Rick and kids
Holloway, TJ and kids
Holmes, Doretha
Horn, Francis
Hudson, Charles
Jackson, David
Jackson, Lena and family
Jackson, Thelma and daughter
James, Lucious Jr.
James, Williette
Jaramillo, Marco
Johnson, Jaquita
Jones, Damon
Joubert, Aundrea and family
Jurique, EB? Josh? and family
Karilanovic, Dorothy
Keele, Sybil
Kokelic, Marie
Krivokipich, Michele
Kuehne, Ashley
Kupsa, Michael and girlfriend Michelle
Kwasnaza, Judy
Lane, John
Lane, Tonka
Lee, Dean
Lee, Donald and son
Lee, Samantha
Legator, Donna
Legg, Rusty
Lemons, Angela
Levine, Charles
Levine, Susan
Lewis Family
Lewis, Rebecca
Loomis, Andrew
Luna, Mario and family
Luna, Rosa and family
Luza, Katie
Luza, Leslie
Lyons, Electa and family
Manago, Shawna and kids
Massey, Bob
Massey, Tish
McCorkle, Peggy
McCourt, Barbara
Mendoza, Bianca
Mendoza, Javier
Mendoza, Maria
Mendoza, Veronica
Mendoza family (other members)
Middleton, Lester
Miller, Perry (critically injured in fire)
Monford, Paul and mom and sister
Montemayor, Karen
Montemayor, Steve
Moore, Ray
Moran, Kevin
Moran, Sean
Moran, Yolanda and sister
Moseley, Charles
Moseley, Rita
Moser, Nena
Oatis, Richard
Ochoa, Crystal
Parra, Candelaria
Parra, Jose
Parris, Geraldine
Parris, Eneizer
Pena, Bertha
Pepper, Cookie
Pepper, Lloyd
Perdiz, Crystal
Perdiz, Melencio
Peterson, Chris
Peterson, Mike
Peterson, Oscar
Peterson, Terry
Peterson, Walter
Pierson, Freddy
Pierson, Gloria
Placencia, Jose
Potorenski, Geraldine
Powell, Susan
Powell, Travers
Purdy, Judy
Ragan, Brenda
Ratzman, Charles and family
Reegan, Ronny
Reeves, Lory
Reeves, Jim
Reichenback, Bill
Reichenback, Ray
Reindl, Diann
Reindl, Ed
Reynolds, Carl
Richard, Gerald and neighbor
Richard, Murphy
Rios, Jo
Rittenhouse, Ronnie
Rodriguez, Edie and family
Rodriguez, Gabe and family
Rudenberg, Mary
Russo, Candy
Rutherford, Doug
Rutherford, Lisa
Rygard, Jessie
Rygard, Kin
Salazar, Abel
Salazar, Armando
Salazar, Arthur
Salinas, Gilbert
Salinas, Lily
Sanchez, Daniel
Sanders, Georgia
Sanders, Nathan
Schmidt, Curtis
Schneider, Barbara
Schneider, Bill
Shaffner, Aaron
Sharpe, Bill and wife (Crystal Beach)
Siller, Michael
Smith, Edgar
Smith, Mandy
Smith, Marie
Smith, Sidney
Smith, Stan and Dorothy
St. Claire, Bobby
St. Claire, Nyla
Stan (last name unknown)
Strasburg, Dave
Strasburg, Sona
Strickland, Magdelena (Port Bolivar)
Strickland, Robert
Stuff, Barry
Sturgeon, Judy
Taylor, Albert (High Island)
Taylor, Joan and family
Taylor, Margaret and William
Thomas, Jamon
Thorstad, Shirley
Trevino, Loretta
Trevino, Miguel
Turner, Edward
Turner, Larry
Turner, Ted and family
Valdez, Eric and girlfriend Mercedes
Vallier, Vickie
Vargas, Cindy and family
Watson, Berta
Watson, Bobby
Weedman, Joe and family
Weipert, Mary and bread man
Westmoreland, Roseanne
Whidden, Delores
Whidden, Hugh
White, Jerome
Whitner, Calvin
Whoose, Kari
Whoose, Lorraine
Whoose, Rita
Wichlep, Rita
Williams, Shane (Port Bolivar)
Wilson, George
Wingate, Paul and family
Wright, Tommy
Zendt, John
Zulpo, Celess and children

Bolivar Peninsula
Including Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach, Caplen, Gilchrist, High Island
MISSING:

Allen, Charles
Amo (Flores?)
Anderson, Bobby (survived, but friend perished)
Arrambide, Marion and sister Nina
Bagwell, Blaine and mother Ginger
Ball, Danny
Ball, Kristian
Bates, Jim
Billy the Kid (across from Sharkey's)
Bingham, Harry
Bingham, Susan
Beasley, James
Blume, Cindy and family
Blume, Jackie and family
Boudlouck, Becky
Boudlouck, Cliff
Bouse, Charlie and family
Bouse, Dixie and family
Branstetter, Kent
Brookshire, Rose
Bugler, Harry
Bugler, Susan
Butterfield, L.C.
Butterfield, Sandy
Callender, Deena
Campbell, Michael
Cannon, Colin
Cannon, Michelle
Carol (Crystal Canals Bait Camp)
Carol (Tuna St.)
Cecil and Tommy (High Island)
Chapman, Larry
Chapman, Suzy
Cherry, Don
Cheryl (the nurse)
Cloud, Michael
Comeaux Family
Cook, Lee
Cook, Sandy
Cranford, Kim
Cranford, Treton
Cripps, Alton
Cripps, Jean
Cripps, Russel
Dean, Anne
Droege, Carolyn
Droege, Dick
Dunn, Glennis
Ettenger, Gail
Fisher, Walter
Floyd (Garza's Grocery)
Gatlin, Chris
Gatlin, Karen
Golden, Jean
Grissom, Richard
Grissom, Stephanie
Haigh, Jack
Hamilton, Earl
Hamilton, Shirley
Harris, Terry
Hendricks, Laurel
Hill, George
Hill, Martin
Hornbeck, Ronnie
Howard, Greb
Howard, John
Howard, Lois
Jewell, Betty Jean
Johnson, Lynette
Johnson, Sue
Jones, Daisy
Jones, Dewy
Jones, Jack
Kahla, Mary and family
Kelly, Linda
Kelly, Richard
Knight, Beverly and husband
Kreuzer Family
Lavalle, Ellie
Lee, Judy
Lee, Ron
Lisa (18th and Galveston)
Lopez, Jim
Lopez, Milton
Maclemore, Jan (deceased)
Maddox, Dee
Manley, Jerry
Marchese, Carol
Mardis, Carol
Mardis, Darryl
Martin, Buster
Martinez, Cindy
Mathis, Jerry
Mathis, Pat
Maxwell, Edith
McGready, Jean
McGready, Tom
McKnight, JC
McKnight, Lori
McManus, Barbara
McManus, James
Mobley, Zenith
Moseley, Herman
Mouton, Darby
Mouton, Sis
Mouton, Wayne and family
Nguyen, Father (St. Theresa's)
Pilsner, E.A. and family
Pond, James
Porter, Edith
Porter, Sheila
Rankin, Beth
Reed, Bill
Reedy, Bill
Reedy, Jeannie
Rodriguez, Greg
Ron and wife Dorothy (Melody Lane)
Rosenthal, April
Rush, Harly
Rush, Kathy
Scherry
Schley, Barbara
Schley, Claud
Schmidt, Dee
Schmidt, Matt
Segura Family
Shaw, Feather
Simpton, Joyce
Stephenson, Blake
Stephenson, Debbie
Stephenson, Kade
Stephenson, Mason
Stephenson, Michael
Stephenson, Piper
Steppe, Francine
Stines, Kahla and family and friends
Stockton, David
Stockton, Patty
Strahan, Alecia
Strickland, Magdalena
Sullivan, Mannon and mother
Tiki Man Kevin
Turner, Karon
Turner, Willis
Ward, Terri and family
Werner, Ed
Williams, Bruce
Williams, Carol
Williams, Shane
Wisenbaker, Mikey and family
Wisenbaker, Mycol and family

Brazoria County
MISSING:

Garcia, Steve
Giles, Jim
Giles, Rene
Guidry, Troy
Saldivar, David
Saldivar, Jennifer
Saldivar, Morgan
Saldivar, Toni

Chambers County
MISSING:

Cormier, Cecil
Cormier, Sam
Fleischman, Joyce
Fleischman, Morris
Hacker, Annette
Hacker, Chad
Scrivner, Earl
Scrivner, Judy

Orange County
MISSING:

Bramblett, Billy
Davis, Michael and family
Goza, Gene
Goza, Maddie
Goza, Max
Harold and Jackie (Bridge City)
Hebert, Lucian
Hebert, Ruth
Keele, Daniel
Martin, Alma
Martin, Arrel
Pevato, Herbie
Pevato, Rita
Pevato, Robbie
Pevato, Tommie
Scarlett, Blanche
Scarlett, Donald
Vaughn, Steve and family

Jefferson County
MISSING:

Andrepoint, Mable
Babeaux, Joise
Garcia, Martin Jr.
Guidry, Evelyn
Lawrence, Lucille
Metoyer, Alentte
Thibodeaux, Annie
Thibodeaux, Milton
Weems, Wanda

Harris County
MISSING:

Arnett, Alan
Ashmund, Jerry (Bolivar)
Bond, Carter
Bond, Cassie
Bond, Eleanor
Bond, Herbert
Bond, Stephen
Boylan, Katy
Bramblett, Billy
Brenke, Donald
Cabrera, Pablo
Campos, Lalo
Campos, Rita
Coleman, Marvin
Collins, Dorothy
Cridland, Brenda
Davidson, James
Dodge, Beverly
Eakens, William
Ellison, Michael
Eubank, Greg
Fetzer, Maggie
Fetzer, Nancy
Fetzer, Nelda
Fetzer, Tom
Finn, Mike
Foster, Natasha
Gates, Debra
Goodwin, Tom
Hopkins, Larry
Huynh, Brandon
Jennifer (from Dillard's)
Jennings, Kai
Johnson, Donnie
Kassman, Joleen
Kassman, Rich
Kelly, Lee
Kingcaide, Rivers (deceased)
Kirsch, Howard
LeJeune, Charmaine
Lin, Tom
Martell, Robert
Martin, Sue
Melissa and Angie (Donald's Donuts Seabrook)
Nelson, Doris
Nelson, Ron
Paz, Alliyah
Paz, George
Paz, Rudy
Paz, Yvette
Pena, Luis
Phillips, Daryl
Phillips, Josey
Phillips, Philis
Phillips, Sunshine
Reeder, Eugene
Reeder, Jada and sons
Redden, Glenn
Richardson, Jon
Richardson, Sharyn
Rinehart, Annette
Robbins, Aaron
Robbins, Jonavon
Roberts, Ken
Roberts, Sharon
Robinson, Helen
Rose, Frankie
Ross, David
Ross, Rosa
Santee, Ann
Saye, Gay
Saye, Nina
Senigaur, Iris
Smart, James
Smith, Marge
Smith, Paul
Spann, Bobby
Straub, Brandy
Straub, Stacey
Straub, Pam
Sumpter, Mike
Sumpter, Robin
Thompson, Debbie
Thompson, Will
Weaver, Waylan
Wendover, Charles
Wendover, Sylvia
White, Betty
Wiginton, James
Wood, Mindy
Young? (Chyna, Asia, India)

Galveston County / Galveston Island
MISSING:

Allen, A.J.
Allen, Betty
Allen, Carolyn
Allen, Jackie
Allen, Regina
Allmond, Donna
Banks, Leon Jr.
Bartram, Gracie
Bartram, Kevin
Bartram, Peggy
Beynice, Rosalyn
Boyd, Keith and family
Bradley, Bobby
Brock, Margo
Brown, Maine
Brown, Nana
Brown, Russel
Brown, Trixie
Bustamante, Richard and family
Campos, Lalo
Campos, Rita
Carrera, Juan
Chambers, Doreece
Coker, Sonya
Cole, Natalie and daughters
Collindrina, Penny
Cowan, Paula
Cox, Harold
Crabb, Sammie
DaPra, Johnny
Dubious, Chester
Dubious, Shirley
Ferguson, Mae Joyce
Ferguson, Wendell
Ficklen, Bill
Ficklen, Crystal
Ficklen, Delaine
Ficklen, Gail
Ficklen, James
Ficklen, Kim
Ficklen, Linda
Ficklen, Maverick
Ficklen, Willie
Gallagher, Joe
Grace (aunt of Lynn Robinson)
Graham, Ward
Hannon, Matt
Heinrich, Paul and family
Holmes, Agnes
Horn, Francis
Howlett, Bruce
Howlett, Tammy
Johnson, Nell
Kuehne, Ashley
Lane, Jack
Lane, Tonka
Manago, Shawna and kids
Marsh, Jessica
Marsh, Steve
Mathis, Jerry
Mathis, Pat
Melasome, Willie Mae
Moore, Ray Jr.
Nebout, Jim
Nebout, Phyllis
Nolan, Jim
Pembleton, Greg
Pollard, Earl
Pope, Dwayne
Powell, Marie
Rasmussen, A.J.
Ruiz, Ernan and children
Russo, Candy
Salazar, Jesus
Salmassi, Alex
Schultz, Susan (not her, but her aunt)
Smythe, Ed
Smythe, Marlo
Stewart, Thelma and friends Tina and Peanut
Swindell, Henry
Swindell, Robbie
Thomas, Kenneth (deceased)
Toale, Tim
Trapani, Eddie
Trapani, Ray
Webber, Brigette
Webber, Tommy
Webster Family
Weedman, Joe
Wilson, George
Woodard, Marie
York, Robert
Zeon, Denise
Zeon, Zae

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 335304
9/22/2008 5:32 AM

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for the cover-up

The_Venerable
User ID: 412220 (OP)
9/22/2008 6:06 AM

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Goodnight, GLP. Tell everyone you know about the cover-up. Every single person. We must get the word out. Quoting: The_Venerable 412220 Well then, again.

Galveston - Isle neighbors pre
User ID: 507023
9/22/2008 10:50 AM

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Well this all makes it sound pretty non-eventful. These people must have been in the safest area.

Isle neighbors prevail by banding together
By JENNIFER LATSON
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Sept. 22, 2008, 6:18AM

GALVESTON — On a block of Ball Street in Galveston's historic East End, where many of the residents are BOI — born on island — and a good share of the homes survived the Great Storm of 1900, no one expected Ike to do much more than lap at front lawns.

About one in four families stayed. They've lived through other storms: Claudette, Alicia, Allison, Rita. This time, for the first time, weathering a hurricane became more than a joy ride.

Floodwater pushed them upstairs, ruining first floors. The next morning, dazed by unexpected losses, they sifted yard debris according to the house where it originated: limbs and fruit from one neighbor's lemon tree, boards from another neighbor's fence.

As the days passed and the blockmates stayed on, they fell into a new pattern of living. Neighbors who barely knew each other formed a symbiotic alliance, dividing daily tasks: finding water, cooking food, checking on the needy. They survived as if they were stranded on a desert island, which, technically, they were.

Apart from ignoring the mandatory evacuation order, they took precautions. The day before the storm, Joe Garcia, 55, left his pickup on the second story of a nearby parking garage. His neighbor, Yolanda Gomez, 46, flew hurricane flags from her front porch, along with a yellow pennant on which she marked her address and the number of people inside.

Charlene Winkelmann, 60, just barely made it to Kroger in time to stock up on dog food and bird seed for the 13 birds and 10 dogs she sheltered through the storm.

On the corner of 9th and Ball, Dale Hogan, 55, moved her Volvo from the driveway to the sidewalk in front of her house; not high enough, as she later discovered.

When you ask the residents why they stayed through the storm, you get one of three answers: to protect their homes, to protect their pets, and simply because they've always stayed.

Preparing for Ike's worst

Gomez prepared for the inevitable loss of power and water. On Friday, she filled every container in the house — bathtubs, buckets, pickle jars — with water. She wasn't worried until her relatives started calling.

When water started bubbling up from storm drains around 5 p.m., before the rain even started to fall, she gathered with neighbors to watch. Her husband dug out a life jacket, just in case. Gomez can't swim.

Fingers of water stretched eerily from drains on both sides of the street, clasping in the middle. Gomez went back in.

From time to time, she went to see the water level as it covered the street, spilled onto the sidewalk, and crept across lawns. Around 9 p.m., the wind picked up. Soon after, the house went black.

Next door, Garcia was napping in front of the TV. When the power went out, he switched on a battery-powered radio and dozed again. Around midnight, he woke up with an uneasy feeling. He turned on a flashlight. Water was seeping under the door. Panicked, he picked up his TV and ran upstairs. On his return trip, he grabbed a lamp and chairs. By the time he came down a second time, his couch was floating. Within half an hour, the water was halfway up the stairs.

"I heard 'BAM!' That was my fridge."

He was trapped upstairs until after Ike's eye passed. And then, the water suddenly drained as fast as it had risen.

The new normal

Far from a return to normal, the days following Ike brought an entirely new standard of normality to Ball Street. Residents, bereft of grocery stores and transportation, became pioneers in their transformed neighborhood.

Garcia's car, parked in the garage, was the only vehicle on the block to survive the storm. When the floodwater receded and National Guardsmen set up checkpoints with water and ice, he ran daily supply runs for the entire block. When Gomez ran out of charcoal, Garcia dug out a 25-year-old propane camping stove, rusty but usable, and lent it to his neighbor. She, in turn, provided hot meals for the entire block.

Although they had always been neighborly before, the block wasn't what you would call close-knit.

"Before the storm, everybody had their own lives," said Gomez, who hadn't even spoken to Charlene Winkelmann or Dale Hogan until Ike introduced them. "After it passed, everybody just got together."

By Wednesday morning, the only invitation her neighbors needed was the smell of eggs and sausage cooking to draw them to her porch.

"Y'all want breakfast?" she called as they appeared. "This is the food station: 'Yo's Ike Survival Restaurant'."

Six mismatched patio chairs filled quickly. Over breakfast, the neighbors discussed the news of the day: the night before, Garcia had chased away a looter. That morning, they had heard FEMA was handing out checks at City Hall.

Garcia rode past the building on his way to get ice, but there was no free money — just a dock of computers and phones FEMA had set up so people could register for financial assistance, which the Ball Street crew had already done. He continued to the supply distribution center, then to check on friends and relatives across town.

More:

[link to www.chron.com]

The_Venerable
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9/22/2008 2:24 PM

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The_Venerable
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9/22/2008 4:31 PM

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AQ 7
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9/22/2008 9:49 PM

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Mods, I sure wish you would keep this thread flagged for a few weeks.

Beingsouthern Subscriber

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9/22/2008 11:16 PM

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Good job, Ven.

TEXAS UNCENSORED
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9/22/2008 11:34 PM

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It's hearbreaking. Surreal. [link to www.youtube.com] [link to www.youtube.com]

TEXAS UNCENSORED
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9/22/2008 11:37 PM

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I meant to put this one. Hurricane Ike in Texas [link to www.youtube.com]

The_Venerable
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9/23/2008 12:19 AM

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Thanks Southern and everyone who bumped. I'm going to update the list tonight or tomorrow, some names need to come off and some new ones need to go on.

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9/23/2008 12:24 AM

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Good job, Ven. Quoting: Beingsouthern agreed Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL

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