OMG...
Am I hearing correctly? I swear I just heard on FOX that the hospital on Galveston didn’t evacuate! Apparently they had critical care patients that couldn’t be moved.
If this is true, prayers up!
Odd - disturbingly - exchange between studio and on-site reporters on WC:
“What’s that fire behind you?”
“That’s just a refinery”
On-site started to say that’s normal for refineries to burn-off — then stopped (hopefully realizing that the refineries were shut down), then said he needed to check it out and report back...
Gives rise to speculation of a refinery fire, on top of everything else....
Or - it could be nothing....
Some 60 miles inland, storm surge was pushing into a neighborhood near Johnson Space Center where Houston Mayor Bill White had made rounds earlier with a bullhorn trying to compel people to leave. Nearby, the popular Kemah Boardwalk at the mouth of Galveston Bay, ringed by million-dollar homes, was submerged, state officials said.