Saturday, September 27, 2008
Ike Update
Ike made landfall about two weeks ago. The Laura Recovery Center lists over 300 people still missing in its database.
People reporting missing after Hurricane Ike, from a database by the Laura Recovery Center.
(from a comment):This is the first I've heard about people trying to find the hundreds and hundreds of people who were on the coast for the storm, specifically on Bolivar, who aren't there any more.Ike's missing
"We expect to see a huge improvement in outage count by the end of the weekend," CenterPoint spokesman Floyd LeBlanc said Friday when about 377,000 customers of 2.3 million still were without power because of Hurricane Ike.
Most may see power by Sunday
Warren Adams insists that there is nothing special about the way the home was constructed. It was built to Galveston County code, he said, which anticipates 130-mile-per-hour winds on the seaward side of the county.
But the elevation may have helped. Adams said he built high, in part, to get a break on flood insurance. The home sits 15 feet above ground.
"The piece of land my house is sitting on was probably one of the highest above sea level in the area, about 8 or 9 feet above sea level before we even started the house," he said. "I think the house is about 16 inches higher than it needs to be."
Ike obliterated most homes, but spared one on Church Street
Swimming in the shimmering Gulf of Mexico may seem inviting this weekend, especially after long hours spent cleaning homes, but people should say out of the water, said Peter Davis, chief of Galveston Island Beach Patrol.
Davis said an order prohibiting swimming in the Gulf that Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas issued soon after the storm remains in effect. It may be rescinded next week after water quality experts and debris removal teams assess the Gulf near the Seawall.
Ike swept debris as well as possible hazardous materials into the water, Davis said. Much of the debris is partially buried in the sandy Gulf bottom and is exposed at low tide. Concrete chunks, steel pipes, bushes, trees and other debris litter the sand.
Galvestonians warned to stay out of water
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