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Galveston Texas is a Ghost Town
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 504215:MV82MDc1NzFfOTI4NzE5MF9CRTQ4ODkwMw==] As Houston struggled to ensure the quality of its water supply, Galveston continued asking residents to leave and evacuees to stay away, warning the situation there "would go into a downward spiral." "There is nothing to come here for right now," said Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas today. "Please leave. I am asking people to leave." Thousands of homes remain to be searched and a refrigerated mobile morgue is on its way, a city official said. In Galveston, city officials say health conditions continue to deteriorate on the hard-hit island, and officials from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are assessing the situation. One of the survivors found by a search team had suffered an estimated 1,000 mosquito bites and was flown to a hospital on the mainland. City Manager Steve LeBlanc said 15,000 to 20,000 residents remained on the island today out of a population of about 60,000. About 3,000 are trying to get off the island, he said. Bush plans to visit Houston on Tuesday... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6002679.html Mosquito-borne diseases are just the tip of that soggy iceberg. [/quote]
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GALVESTON, Texas — Tourist-popular Galveston seems more like a debris-ridden ghost town today after Hurricane Ike.
About 20 Longhorns roamed the empty neighborhoods. The west end of Galveston island, while dotted with expensive homes, had undeveloped grazing lands.
Deputy city manager Brandon Wade toured the destruction with some reporters today.
Hurricane Ike lowered the beachfront sand by as much as five feet.
Many homes in Galveston's west end, protected by the city's seawall, made it through the weekend hurricane with minimal damage.
But others in a neighborhood of one- and two-story homes called Spanish Grant Beachside, erected on cement pilings with garages beneath the first floor, were pounded to rubble.
Residents are being urged to stay away since Galveston is without water, electricity and provisions.
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