Twenty Thousand Left in Galveston - May Impose Martial Law to Force Evacuation [View All]

[K Gardner]

(Post title edited on demand) Still, the conditions are DEPLORABLE !!

http://www.truveo.com/Galveston-Residents-Deal-With-Ike-Aftermath/id/1207947958

Grocers have been told NOT to stock the grocery shelves.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/us/15galveston.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

With no water or power, no working toilets, no food or phones, people faced growing public health concerns here on Sunday. More than 2,000 residents who had defied an evacuation order were taken off the island, and state officials tried to ensure that no one could return.

“The storm was easy,” said Brenda Shinette, 51, who rode out the hurricane in her home but went to a shelter Sunday hoping to be taken to the mainland. “It’s what came after that was terrible.”

“We have no showers, and the food is spoiled,” Ms. Shinette added. “I feel like I want to pass out, but I can’t tell if it is from too much heat or too little food.”

She said the lack of toilets had become so bad in her neighborhood that she had been avoiding eating so she would not have to use the bathroom.

Five people were found dead in Galveston on Sunday, including one person in a submerged vehicle near the airport. Officials expressed fears that more would be found as other areas of flooding were searched, particularly on the west end of the island, where there was “horrendous” devastation, said the city manager, Steve LeBlanc.

The air was becoming foul-smelling and was swarming with mosquitoes. Sewage was beginning to back up onto waterlogged streets. The lack of running water was becoming a health hazard; without the water, people could not flush toilets or properly wash their hands.

Small packs of stray dogs roamed the streets. Helicopters buzzed overhead on search and rescue missions. Debris from ruined buildings lined the broad boulevard along the Gulf of Mexico. A line of about 60 cars snaked around piles of wood, slabs of concrete and fallen awnings, their drivers waiting for the Coast Guard to give out food, water and tarps.

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These are OLD articles. Nothing came up for today in a quick Google. I think we need to pay attention to those on this board who are telling us things are being covered up. I have had the TV on all day and have seen nothing about Texas or the aftermath. Its too quiet, much too quiet.

We MUST demand coverage from the networks who, like in the runup to Iraq, are COMPLICIT in this deadly silence.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=209_1221546907 (A reporter confronts Rick Perry about no access to the Bolivar Peninsula and West End - for those who don't want to watch, Perry responded the access was being controlled by the Federal Government.)



"We estimate that there are about 15,000 to 20,000 people still on the island. We have no water, no sewer, no electricity, no gas."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94658953