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Ike...reports from the ground
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Arkiehawg
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Hello to all:
Just a short note as I'm finally getting a few hours off duty to rest. IKE was a very catastrophic storm that will end up as one of the top 2-3 to hit America. Please keep people focused on giving as they did with Katrina. The area will need it for years. I haven't seen much of the news lately, but it surprises me that the national coverage on this less than a week later, is updates only.......IKE may not end up with as many deaths as Katrina, but will have as much destruction associated with it. The death count has a good chance of going up significantly. Feds continue to hint in our State briefings, and have asked for more DRMOT (mortuary) teams to be deployed. I imagine this will become clearer as the SAR teams continue their searches and the waters continue to receed.
Galveston and the barrier islands are severly damaged and will take years to recover. The local hospital UTMB will more than likely be condemned. Several areas remind me of Bay St. Louis after Katrina with only slabs remaining.
Please remember to continue to donate to your charity of choice for those who have suffered. Always remember, that it could have been our beloved SoWal.
Arkie
Just a short note as I'm finally getting a few hours off duty to rest. IKE was a very catastrophic storm that will end up as one of the top 2-3 to hit America. Please keep people focused on giving as they did with Katrina. The area will need it for years. I haven't seen much of the news lately, but it surprises me that the national coverage on this less than a week later, is updates only.......IKE may not end up with as many deaths as Katrina, but will have as much destruction associated with it. The death count has a good chance of going up significantly. Feds continue to hint in our State briefings, and have asked for more DRMOT (mortuary) teams to be deployed. I imagine this will become clearer as the SAR teams continue their searches and the waters continue to receed.
Galveston and the barrier islands are severly damaged and will take years to recover. The local hospital UTMB will more than likely be condemned. Several areas remind me of Bay St. Louis after Katrina with only slabs remaining.
Please remember to continue to donate to your charity of choice for those who have suffered. Always remember, that it could have been our beloved SoWal.
Arkie
GoodWitch58
Beach Fanatic
Thought you might want to see these-amazing photography.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html ---
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html ---
Miss Kitty
Meow
Thank you, Arkiehawg. So glad to hear from you. I have tried to keep the TV coverage off for PawPaw's sake and didn't really know what the national news was showing. Perhaps people are thinking that Texas will pull up it's boot straps and take care of it's own as well as possible? We do have a wonderful state., but you are right...please give what you can.
sunspotbaby
SoWal Insider
Here are a couple of pics from my sister:
Miss Kitty
Meow
Thanks for the pics, ssb. Does she have power? Remind me where she is.
PawPaw and my sister still have no power, but according to energy company maps, they are zeroing in. My BIL's vet clinic got power yesterday (Woodlands) and that is a silver lining for them.
People are starting to unravel with the stress. I hope they get some peace soon.
PawPaw and my sister still have no power, but according to energy company maps, they are zeroing in. My BIL's vet clinic got power yesterday (Woodlands) and that is a silver lining for them.
People are starting to unravel with the stress. I hope they get some peace soon.
sunspotbaby
SoWal Insider
I couldn't figure out how to label the pics, but that's her back yard, before and after, and the gully before and after. Her fence at the lower end is submerged after the surge came all the way up. as of yesterday, they still did not have power, but they have a generator. She went out 2 days ago and went to the post office and had to go around a few downed trees across streets. Lots of debris in front of every house. They only turn their computer on maybe once a day so I sent her the link for the Boston Globe site as it's a decent smattering of photos and covers just about everything...plus they are great shots. They were very lucky, no damage. Oh, they are inside the beltway, outside the loop right off I-10.
gardening1970
Beach Fanatic
I just looked at those pics from the Boston Globe...unfathomable destruction. The house fires amidst all that water are just surreal. Continued prayers for all those affected.
Lisa_at_the_beach
Beach Fanatic
www.kogt.com 
Click Photos on the menu.
Galveston was hit hard, Crystal Beach is gone on the Bolivar Pen as my oldest half sister's Mother's home is gone, only pilings left, and my hometown of Bridge City is all but destroyed. Everyone I know, everyone I grew up with, went thru school with...there was a 12 - 20 storm surge depending on where you were. BC is about 30 miles from the coast, but Sabine Lake and Neches river are adjacent. The link below is of the home I used to live in in Texas. All of my friends and family are in the process of cleaning up now, pulling up carpets, knocking out plywood....everything is covered with oily mud. Refineries in Orange had about 4 feet of water in them. I was on the phone constantly with fam/friends as they couldn't contact each other, but for some reason could call me and then I could relay messages....I talked to one of my best friends as she drove to her home after evac'ing.....it was difficult to hear her see her home for the first time. She said everything inside is a total loss, pool was full of black water, fish and snakes....I've lived in that areas my entire life until I moved here in 94, NEVER has it flooded as it did with Ike. I'm just sick that I'm here and can't help...
http://kogt.smugmug.com/gallery/5953607_Nn2hu#375526092_22do2
Click Photos on the menu.
Galveston was hit hard, Crystal Beach is gone on the Bolivar Pen as my oldest half sister's Mother's home is gone, only pilings left, and my hometown of Bridge City is all but destroyed. Everyone I know, everyone I grew up with, went thru school with...there was a 12 - 20 storm surge depending on where you were. BC is about 30 miles from the coast, but Sabine Lake and Neches river are adjacent. The link below is of the home I used to live in in Texas. All of my friends and family are in the process of cleaning up now, pulling up carpets, knocking out plywood....everything is covered with oily mud. Refineries in Orange had about 4 feet of water in them. I was on the phone constantly with fam/friends as they couldn't contact each other, but for some reason could call me and then I could relay messages....I talked to one of my best friends as she drove to her home after evac'ing.....it was difficult to hear her see her home for the first time. She said everything inside is a total loss, pool was full of black water, fish and snakes....I've lived in that areas my entire life until I moved here in 94, NEVER has it flooded as it did with Ike. I'm just sick that I'm here and can't help...
http://kogt.smugmug.com/gallery/5953607_Nn2hu#375526092_22do2
Miss Kitty
Meow
LATB...I am so sorry for these losses, but thank you for posting. It's like a death in the family. I can't imagine what people are going through down there. My sister said today that although they have issues and still have no power, they feel blessed and lucky to have a home.