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The Seawall area looks even worse. :(

I just saw that the Galveston County Daily News is back online, but it's too slow to connect. Either the Internet there is sparse or there are too many people trying to read. But anyway, it's on and off, and here are some tidbits I found:

League City homes were spared most of the flooding.
Mainland Medical Center is closed.
Engineers haven't yet been able to inspect the Causeway structurally.
Sunday morning, residents of the tiny community of Seabrook near Johnson Space Center began trying to return home. They were met by a roadblock, and three Seabrook police officers standing in the rain, turning folks away. At times the line was six to 12 cars deep.
"Seabrook is a disaster area: no sewer, no infrastructure. It really isn't safe," said officer Charlie Skinner.
On one side of the Galveston peninsula, a couple of barges had broken loose and smashed into homes. Everything from red vinyl barstools to clay roof tiles littered the landscape. Some homes were "pancaked," the second floor sitting where the first had been before Ike's surge washed it out. Only the stud frames remained below the roofs of many houses, opening a clear view from front yard to back.
Gov. Rick Perry's office said 940 people had been saved by nightfall Saturday, but that thousands had made distress calls the night before. Another 600 were rescued from flooding in neighboring Louisiana.
In Orange County, 600 to 700 people had been rescued by nightfall, said officials who feared hundreds more were still stranded. There was widespread flooding in Orange and Bridge City, where rescuers were pulling people from attics and rooftops, and in Lake Charles, across the Louisiana line.
Authorities said Sunday three people were found dead in Galveston, including one person found in a submerged vehicle near the airport.

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Galveston Daily News reporter Leigh Jones tweets from yesterday:

Based on the descriptions of rescues, many of the people who didn’t leave were elderly.
about 22 hours ago from web

Lots of rescues still going on. The wind is still very strong. about 22 hours ago from web

Five more rescue boats on the way. FEMA helicopters circling the island doing damage assessments. about 22 hours ago from web

Rescues ongoing in the 1100 block of Ave. K, the 1000 block of 30th Street and the 5000 block of Ave. K. about 24 hours ago from web

Minor injury cases clogging up the UTMB emergency room. about 24 hours ago from web

Officials are turning back volunteers who want to come across the causeway to help hurricane surrvivors. about 24 hours ago from web

Rescue crews have made it as far west as Jamaica Beach. No damage reports yet. about 24 hours ago from web

State officials finally making it onto the island. North lanes of the Causeway cleared enough to let vehicles pass. about 24 hours ago from web

Officials reporting west end got it much worse than the rest of the island. 10:08 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Elderly man with a heart condition rescued by boat west of Heards Lane. 09:33 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Roofs gone on several houses in 1800 block of 20th Street. 09:31 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Responders still can’t check on the fire in Hollywood Heights. Too much water to get off 61st Street or Stewart Road. 09:30 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Parts of Alamo Elementery flooded. 09:24 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Ball High School had water in the first floor. Evacuees had to move to the second floor overnight. 09:18 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Merchandise from destroyed seawall businesses washing up on seawall. 09:16 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Verizon is the only cell service that works on the island. 09:15 AM September 13, 2008 from web

75th Street fire out. Several houses burned to the ground. 09:12 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Partial roof collapse at Parkland. Large tree blocking Broadway at 12th Street. 08:59 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Crews still searching for people who requested help over night. But many already accounted for. 08:56 AM September 13, 2008 from web

Shelter of last resort closed. Nothing yet open for people who find they have no home to return to. 08:53 AM September 13, 2008 from web