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Galveston Texas is a Ghost Town
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 504540:MV82MDc1NzFfOTI5MjgxMV80RjlEMTkw] [quote:Anonymous Coward 504338] Wait, does that mean there are 15k people still sitting in Galveston waiting to be rescued/recovered? If that number is correct, is it safe to guess that they are keeping people out mostly to give them a chance to round up bodies in the refridgerated morgue they mentioned? Please tell me it isn't that bad! I'd like some good news. There seems to be a few thousand down there who want to be left the hell alone. Texans-strange folk. Hey man,I'm a Texan by birth and i resemble that remark.Wacko from Waco. [/quote] And why not? If they can recover by themselves, why do they have to be told to leave? [/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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