[Justa]

Something else to be thankful of: those 1902 Galvestonians also raised the center of the island by 14’ using pump jacks to raise the buildings and filling with sand pumped in from the gulf. True grit.

[American Quilter]

Something else to be thankful of: those 1902 Galvestonians also raised the center of the island by 14’ using pump jacks to raise the buildings and filling with sand pumped in from the gulf. True grit.

I'd forgotten about that. It was a very, very smart thing to do, and certainly resulted in a lessening of the damage from Ike. Kudos to those long-departed Texans.