State Officials: Galveston Getting Inundated from All Sides (Infrastructure Heavily Damaged)

Source: Houston Chronicle

September 13, 2008

State officials: Galveston getting inundated from all sides

Galveston County is experiencing widespread damage, according to initial reports from the state Emergency Operations Center in Austin. The east and west ends of Galveston Island are under water, and water is pouring over the seawall. Power and utilities are out. There are multiple fires; rain is helping extinguishing some.

Galveston County's Emergency Operations Center is on backup power. The first floor, ER and operating rooms at the University of Texas Medical Branch are flooded. The hospital was evacuated Thursday. The Kemah Boardwalk is inundated.

Infrastructure is heavily damaged, although the condition of area refineries is still unknown. Land phone lines and radio communication is stable, but cell phone service is intermitent.

Read more: http://blogs.chron.com/hurricanes/2008/09/state_officials_galveston_gett.html

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It's after the noon hour here and getting news on the storm (from TV) is sketchy at best

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My S.O. asked me why I was so obsessed with this story, and I realized it's probably because of a book that I read about the 1900 tragedy "Isaac's Storm"