Hello all! A warm welcome to my new site and thank you for reading about Galveston, post-Ike. Let me tell you that I will tell you more in the coming days and show you more pics and vids of the island.
Let me reassure you also that there are not piles of dead that are being hidden anywhere. I have heard from many off of the island that the relative news blackout (also fed by a few news agencies suggesting that this is the truth) is because of the extreme destruction. Was it bad? Yes. Was it 1900 bad? No Way. Are there some dead so far? Yes, and there will be more found. Some poor souls may never be found. The news agencies are being kept out intially because they serve no purpose. There are news trucks on the island that weathered the storm already. Anyone else coming needs to be either first responders, or critical employees of the city or of UTMB. There is no water, no electricity, probably no effective sewer drainage.
There is no food, no gas. If you live on the island, give it at least 2 weeks to get back. There is no medical care - anything of consequence will be shipped off the island as the hospital has only minimal functions. There are no pharmacies open.
There are plenty of people walking around (alive, unlike the implications by the news agencies). There are plenty of boats in the wrong places (on Harborside, near the ED, on Broadway, on the Causeway).
I am going to sleep now. We are here. We appreciate all of the federal teams that have come in to support the operations (military, DMAT, state and private agencies) and are helping them where we can.
These pictures are from before the storm! The water was already backing up (the surge) before we felt any wind of consequence.
The little fella crossed Harborside drive and was walking to the emergency department (didn't like what was going on - the storm coming).
Let me reassure you also that there are not piles of dead that are being hidden anywhere. I have heard from many off of the island that the relative news blackout (also fed by a few news agencies suggesting that this is the truth) is because of the extreme destruction. Was it bad? Yes. Was it 1900 bad? No Way. Are there some dead so far? Yes, and there will be more found. Some poor souls may never be found. The news agencies are being kept out intially because they serve no purpose. There are news trucks on the island that weathered the storm already. Anyone else coming needs to be either first responders, or critical employees of the city or of UTMB. There is no water, no electricity, probably no effective sewer drainage.
There is no food, no gas. If you live on the island, give it at least 2 weeks to get back. There is no medical care - anything of consequence will be shipped off the island as the hospital has only minimal functions. There are no pharmacies open.
There are plenty of people walking around (alive, unlike the implications by the news agencies). There are plenty of boats in the wrong places (on Harborside, near the ED, on Broadway, on the Causeway).
I am going to sleep now. We are here. We appreciate all of the federal teams that have come in to support the operations (military, DMAT, state and private agencies) and are helping them where we can.
These pictures are from before the storm! The water was already backing up (the surge) before we felt any wind of consequence.
The little fella crossed Harborside drive and was walking to the emergency department (didn't like what was going on - the storm coming).
The ED had closed all hurrcane blinds except for one door.
A ground level parking lot is empty.
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