I just switched over a minute or so before he said this, so I don't know if he talked about whether rescue/recovery crews had made it to the west end of Galveston yet.
Sea Isle, Bay Harbor, and two areas right around Galveston Island State Park are the big built-up areas on Galveston’s west end. Three of those four look like residential/marina communities, with lots of access channels.
Prime candidates for breaching and total loss.
David Paulson (FEMA) stated air search and rescue is in progress. He said, and reiterated that a lot of people did not evacuate as they should have.