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Video from today ~ Bolivar

http://www.khou.com/video/topstories-index.html?nvid=284763

I emailed McCain’s campaign today, and urged
him to make public comments for support and
prayers for these people who are still suffering,
yet it’s like Ike is over in the national news.

I pray they find comfort and resolution soon.

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SPCA needs foster homes for animals

HOUSTON – In the wake of Hurricane Ike, many animals have been lost, abandoned, and injured on Galveston Island. The Houston SPCA is asking the community to help give these storm victims a second chance at life by participating in “Operation Save a Life.”

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080918_mh_foster_pets_galveston.8aec6fca.html

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Some remaining Bolivar residents look for ways out

Some Bolivar Peninsula residents are attempting to leave the area by boat and marine patrols of the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office are assisting them, Sheriff Gean Leonard said.

Some deputies are stationed on the peninsula for extended periods of time to help recovery efforts. Those deputies are being housed at the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, Leonard said.

Deputies are almost finished with their door-to-door search for survivors, he said.

One person drowned in San Leon, but so far no other fatalities in unincorporated Galveston County have been confirmed.

Leonard said it’s possible that some people who died trying to ride out the storm on the peninsula could be found in Chambers County, where some dead cattle were found.

“It’s not even something you want to say out loud,” he said. “Once people start asking the whereabouts of their loved ones, that’s going to be the real clue.”

Deputies have been working almost nonstop since the storm, Leonard said.

“They’ll go and go and go,” he said.

“If anything, we have to watch them carefully because some of them literally won’t go to sleep until we make them.”

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080919_tj_bolivar_people_leave.9345f583.html

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Thank God for these dutiful heroes.

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Sign thanks President Bush - A sign propped against a building in Galveston reads "Pres Bush thanks for your service" in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike on Tuesday afternoon. President Bush visited the area ravaged by the storm early Tuesday.

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it’s like Ike is over in the national news.

There's no functional equivalent of Bourbon Street in Galveston. Why would Shep Smith and Anderson Cooper want to stay in a hot, humid, mosquito-covered place with no electricity and water and no functioning restaurants?