[NautiNurse]

This smells of internet hoax. "My friend" is the first signal. Calling for outcry is another sign of internet hoax. I don't recall telethons within 72 hours of Katrina either.

My vote: BS meter is in the red zone.

[stlnative]

smaller aerial pictures of the area before the hurricane - just click on the tile for the area you want a closer look at (great for dial up folks)

http://www.texmaps.com/aerials/04south-galveston-bay/index.html

[texasredtop]

I’m with you on that. And it was a “guest” that posted, no ID to be traced or questioned. There are some real sickos out there and I am extremely suspicious of something like that.

[shield]

Well, that may be true. The Galveston manager today talked of calls from the west end of people calling for rescue...and then the calls stopped. Maybe the phones went down but he left that comment...not ever saying they were rescued or heard from again.