[metmom]

I’ve found the lack of information on deaths from the hurricane itself rather odd. It makes me suspicious.

The big problem is those MIA. Yeah, they can count those bodies that they find, but those who can’t be located? There’s no knowing.

[AFPhys]

I suspect there are quite a few sleepin’ with da fishes right now...

We have a pretty good read that damage was not as high as it might have been, but my read looking at the feeds is that there is no real good idea of the deaths yet.

[onemiddleamerican]

The KHOU reporting, with their chopper, has not gone over the west end of Galveston Island. There are very many people who live on the west end and who evacuated, who are posting on KHOU's forums; and they are questioning why no aerial coverage of the west end. The answers that I am seeing (on those forums) are that the choppers are not allowed to fly lower than 2k feet - lower altitude is for S & R.

So apparently, there is a great need for search and rescue on the west end of the island - if that end still exists. No photos or reports from there that I can find.

May be bad.

My prayers continue...