"Texas city marks first anniversary of Hurricane Ike" by Associated Press | September 14, 2009
GALVESTON, Texas - A year has passed since Hurricane Ike damaged thousands of homes on the island city of Galveston, and yesterday the scene was vastly different: The streets were filled with traffic, replenished beaches played host to tourists and residents, and many flooded homes had been repaired....
Nothing about all the DEAD PEOPLE, huh?
See: Hurricane Ike Killed Tens of Thousands
Ike was blamed for at least 72 deaths in the United States, including 37 in Texas....
That looks like a massive cover-up, doesn't it?
About 3,000 of the city’s 58,000 residents have not returned.
I think we know what may have happened to them, huh?
Caught in the undertow?
Mobile homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency still dot driveways and front lawns....
Oh no!
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A sunrise service at Hotel Galvez was part of nearly a week of events highlighting the rebuilding and recovery efforts. Residents said the storm has brought people closer since it made landfall just outside Galveston in the early-morning hours of Sept. 13, 2008.
Katrina hasn't even been rebuilt yet.
See: Mardi Gras in August
A year ago, entry into the city was hazardous; the only road onto the island was littered with boats tossed onto the pavement like toys by Ike’s powerful storm surge. Many neighborhoods were inundated with murky, muddy water sometimes contaminated by sewage and chemicals. Galveston’s Seawall Boulevard was covered in rocks, splintered wood, and other debris.
The hurricane damaged 75 percent of the working-class city’s houses. Galveston suffered more than $3.2 billion in damage. The city’s largest employer, the University of Texas Medical Branch, temporarily shut down and had to lay off about 3,000 employees.
Ike also destroyed or damaged thousands of other homes from the southeast Texas Gulf Coast into Houston, 50 miles inland. It also submerged farmland and ranches in saltwater, scoured away beaches, and ruined thousands of acres of vegetation....
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And now they are suffering from drought, can you believe it?
"Mass. AG, company settle Hurricane Ike pay dispute
BOSTON --Attorney General Martha Coakley has reached a settlement with a disaster response company accused of failing to pay workers recruited for Hurricane Ike cleanup. Coakley's office announced Friday that the Everett-based LVI Environmental Services, Inc. has agreed to pay around $50,000 in restitution to 159 workers. The attorney general said LVI recruited workers from Lawrence in 2008 with a promise of work in the storm's aftermath. The workers were bused to Houston but the majority did not receive any work. Workers stayed in Texas for a week before being transported back to Massachusetts."
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