Oh gosh, I hope so!
"The Galveston Fire Department received more than 100 calls after emergency personnel had ceased rescue operations at around 7 p.m. Friday night," the Houston Chronicle reported from fire chief Michael A. Varela Sr. Callers were told to stay patient and safe until operations could resume, he said.
Varela, speaking to reporters in the San Luis Hotel, where the city's mayor and emergency personnel are staying, said they would respond to needs on the west end of the island first, since it was hardest hit.
At least eight to 10 feet of water was on the streets when they ceased operations, and the second half of the storm, which came after that point, was far worse than the first, he said.
But the San Luis has its issues as well. CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 blog just posted the following: "At our hotel - The San Luis Resort - officials were going room to room to evacuate people to a safer spot due to glass blowing out."
Posted by Patrick Cooper at 08:27 AM/ET, September 13, 2008