No kidding. I don’t think they ever fully recovered from the last one (although they did it much better than NO, LA).
If not for that hurricane, there’s a good chance that Galveston, and not Houston, would have been one of our most populated metro areas in the country.
Here’s the History Channel Documentary based on “Isaac’s Storm”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uz2GvDJHMg
One of the best documentaries I ever watched. The story of the orphanage will break your heart.