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A report from someone I know in Galveston. MASS DEATHS.
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[quote:himself:MV82MTUwODBfOTQxNDY4MV9CQTZEMTQ0NQ==] [quote:Turtles Know] They didnot have the warning of early surge and that mayor of GAL.is a fool!leave,dont leave.I hope she has bad dreams on this for the rest of her life! I think it will become a regular thing that we are no longer warned of incoming weather. [/quote] Evacuation They announce on tv that my neighborhood is under a mandatory evacuation order. I don't watch tv. A phone call. County automated call to all numbers warning us to evacuate. My land line is only for dial-up. Two days later my picture is in the local paper waving from my upstairs front porch, house surrounded by water. Nobody had told me to evacuate. I read newspapers on the internet. Some days up to 17 internet editions of newspapers. None of them listed a mandatory evacuation. For those who get the order. Do they have a car that will take them several hundred miles? Do they have money to pick up and go? At least New Orleans provides busses for those without personal resources. [/quote]
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I emailed a friend today that I know in Galveston:
"There are a lot of people on the internet talking about a media blackout, and how they aren't really reporting whats going on down there, and thinking they are hiding possibly thousands of deaths of people who did not flee. Is there any truth to that that you know of?"
He responded:
"Yes I am only able to get local news because cable is out still, and I believe that is true. Bolivar/Gilchrist/High Island people are expected to be in masses. They are up in Chambers County which is north of Galveston Bay with dogs thinking some washed up there. There will be countless numbers they are expecting washed out to sea, however, we think those would have washed up by now. I won’t be getting in the water anytime soon nor will I take the boat out. I was raised around the funeral business and don’t want to see that stuff right now! We haven’t had any calls resulting from drowning yet but we are expecting them. A friend is one of the first responders taking Federal Officials to the Bolivar area and he said the news doesn’t do justice…it’s a mess!"
I had emailed him right after it happened and in his response then he said:
“All the homes pretty much have damage but we are lucky … we have a home! I am in a damp mood right now because we went out to the beach area of Texas City and it’s gone … GONE! Drove down to one of two homes that are located out there and gone! The husband and wife were rummaging through the debris trying to find belongings.
“They didn’t take pictures and cherished items because the home has been through several hurricanes and she thought it would be spared once more. We don’t know them but I had to get out and help them find things. Of course it is all ruined and wet but found a few pictures.
“Sad … the lady had such a devastating reaction that I tried not to cry helping her. It’s crazy … places I go to as a kid growing up in the Galveston area are now in memory.
Loss of life to people in my community is going to be masses … I am getting reports from friends that are reporters in the field. War zone it is!
Please think of those that have lost their homes! I am fortunate and blessed and that’s all I can say! Thank you for your concern!”
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