From http://www.star-telegram.com/state_news/story/906481.html
The morning after
In Galveston, city officials and first responders had their first look at the damage wreaked by Ike at daybreak. Hundreds of calls for rescue to 911 had to be ignored Friday night because conditions were too dangerous for emergency personnel to venture out.
Game wardens are attempting to reach Galveston to help with high-water rescues.
“We’re just now getting to leave toward the island,” said Capt. Eddie Tanuz of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “The storm has been too strong.”
Alicia Cahill, Galveston’s public information officer, checked in from the San Luis Family Resort, an old war bunker, where city officials and media are in shelter.
“Seawall is here ... No confirmed deaths .... City has not been able to leave and make assessment ... We are not deploying emergency personnel yet ... Conditions still unsafe ... Surf is receding ... Bay is rising,” she reported.
Cahill said all inside the San Luis, along the seawall, are safe. Some windows on the upper floors blew out, but the structure is intact as far as they know.
An unidentified 64-year-old woman called a Houston television station and said she had stayed in Galveston because she didn’t think the storm would be too bad. She is a widow, she said, and is frightened. The station’s meteorologists tried to calm her and tell her what to expect next.
Eva-Marie Ayala and Aman Batheja in Houston contributed to this story
thanks for posting this great story
That is a wonderful story to read. Thanks for posting it, Lanie. Galveston had the potential to be a massive tragedy, but now it looks like things may not have been as bad as feared. Keep praying.
If Galveston didn’t have many deaths then God did indeed cover it with his feathers and took it underneath his wings (see Psalm 91).