"Box buried by hurricane yields treasures in Texas" by Associated Press | January 22, 2009
GALVESTON, Texas - A contractor helping clear debris from Hurricane Ike is looking for the owner of an ammunition box he found buried in sand that contained keepsakes, including an 1863 Confederate $50 bill, war medals, and diamond earrings. The green steel Army ammunition canister found by Michael Pate also held several clues that may help him confirm the owner: family photographs, a driver's license, and a Social Security card....
Among the other items were military identification tags, military medals, silver certificates, silver bracelets, watches, an Art Donovan football card, and a glass Model A Ford radiator cap. Pate is following up on a name listed on the driver's license.
"I thought it would be an encouraging story for the community," Pate said. "We've seen so much destruction." Hurricane Ike walloped the upper Gulf Coast on Sept. 13, devastating Galveston and nearby counties.
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Gee, where could the owner be, readers?
"GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Ike is remarkably low so far, considering that legions of people stayed behind as the storm obliterated row after row of homes along the Texas coast. But officials suspect there are more victims out there and say some might simply have been swept out to sea. As the hurricane closed in, authorities in three counties alone estimated 90,000 people ignored evacuation orders.
Nobody is suggesting that tens of thousands died, but determining what happened to those unaccounted for is a painstaking task that could leave survivors wondering for months or years to come. Authorities concede that at least some of those who haven't turned up could have been washed out to sea, as at least one woman on the peninsula apparently was, and that other bodies might still be found."
Why is the MSM COVERING UP the DEATH TOLL and TRAGEDY of Ike?
