That’s so sad ... having to leave is bad
enough, but to know what you’ll likely
face and to actually go back to such stress,
is so tough and painful.
What do you think they’ll do .. stay or
leave?
I can’t imagine that area will come back
any time soon. Prayers for all the suffering
folks. Your family/friends are so blessed to
have had your kindnesses and refuge. Good
guy .. for sure .. ;).
Everyone is pulling together. Houston went through the great flood of 2001 with Tropical Storm Allison that dumped 25+ inches of rain, in 24 hours, on some areas of Houston; destroyed/seriously damaged over 10,000 homes (many had to be razed due to mold); killed 22 people; flooded out 1/3 of the Texas Medical Center (largest in the world); flooded out the basements of many large downtown buildings which shorted out their entire electrical systems (included the building where my brother’s law firm is located; and did over $5 billion in damages. They didn’t have massive county-wide power outages with Allison, like Ike, but it was very bad.
Bolivar peninsula, Galveston island, and Clear Lake/Galveston Bay are the areas that really took a serious beating from Ike. Central Houston proper is in fairly good shape. The historical area of downtown Galveston has massive flood damage, along with homes outside the seawall. I’m still amazed at the devastation to Bolivar peninsula. There is one stretch where not only are 5 blocks of homes gone so is all the land. The area is part of the ocean now.
I/we went through this mess with Hurricane Wilma in 2005 which did more damage to Key Biscayne island than Hurricane Andrew did in 1992. And, Wilma caused the largest power outage in Miami-Dade’s history breaking over 11,000 utility poles that had to be replaced. I’ve lived in a hurricane zone my entire life. Guess that proves I must have a screw loose and love paying massive home insurance premiums, *lol*.