Galveston residents return to horror

[sonias]

AAS 9/25/08
Galveston residents return to horror
Rats, carcasses and not much else await residents, city warns.

By Juan A. Lozano
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, September 25, 2008

GALVESTON — Ten days after Hurricane Ike, the devastated beach town of Galveston reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island — rotting cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes — and what isn't there — drinking water, reliable electricity, medical care and sewer service.

After spending hours in traffic that backed up for 10 miles, some residents found their homes in ruins.

"I wasn't prepared for this," taxi driver Patricia Davis said as she waved away mosquitoes and surveyed the remains of her apartment, which had its entrance blocked by collapsed walls, wrecked furniture and sodden clothing.

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What Galveston does have is ripening in the tropical heat: rotting food in piles of debris where houses once stood, millions of mosquitoes and an abundance of snakes. The carcasses of cattle that drowned during the storm are too badly decomposed to be moved; they'll rot in the fields just outside the city limits.

People were warned not to return without tetanus shots — and rat bait.

My heart goes out to our Galveston residents. That sounds just horrible.
:cry:


Sonia

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. Wayne Dolcefino of Channel 13 quizzed the governor.

About why they were not allowed to fly over West Beach and Bolivar peninsula in helicopters. The implication was that the guvmint was trying to hide the death toll.

the video is on YouTube.

[sonias]

2. They definetly don't want anyone seeing the wreckage

It reminds me a lot of the national policy not allowing photographs of the soldiers coffins coming home from Iraq. They just don't want America to focus on the "little things" you know the things that pull your heartstrings. After the Katrina response fiasco the one thing the bushies learned is that it's better to muzzle the media when they can.

Here is the YouTube link to the video you mentioned
YouTube link

Perry passing the buck saying that the local officials were responsible for restricting the media in Bolivar and saying that the airspace issue was a federal government issue. In other words Perry knew nothing.


Sonia