[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: For Our Florida Friends

[K G]

dudemom_2000 <dudemom_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, K G <moonmyyst13 at y...> wrote:
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> "A.J." <ajhuflpuf at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, K G <moonmyyst13 at y...> 
wrote:
> >lived on Galveston Island for about 10 years so understand 
> completely about watching for these monsters!!
> 
> Wow.  Did you meet anybody who knew anything about the terrible 
flood?
> 
> A.J.
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> It is a really big deal there.  My son was even in a play about 
it.  The stories around it are really fascinating.  I am surprised a 
movie has not been made about it.  People hanging on to the statue 
on Broadway - about 4 stories up - and seeing things sweeping past.  
Over 5000 people dead.  Trying to bury people at sea because there 
were too many and them washing back up.  Amazing stories.  And then 
how they elevated the island and every thing on it (yes, they put 
the houses on stilts and ran sidewalks while they hauled in sand 
from the gulf) about 10 feet and built the seawall so it would not 
happen again.  I was increadibly impressed and humbled by the people 
there.
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> moonmyyst
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*****\(@@)/*****

You should read Isaac's Storm by Erik Larsen. A very good book about 
the storm and the aftermath and how the weather service (certainly 
unbelieveably primitive!) failed the populace...
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/isaacsstorm/

I was entranced by this book and could hardly put it down.

Dudemom_2000



That's right.  I had forgotten about that book.  Thank you.  It is really wierd to walk around some of those places, to walk through the grave yards, and look at the pictures.  It gives you chills.  If you ever see a picture of what the island looks like now, the tallest building is an insurance company that I used to work for (they wrote the life insurance policy on Bonnie and Clyde and still have the origional policy on the wall there).  On the top floor is an observation deck that you can walk around.  They have pictures on the wall that correspond with what you are seeing out the window.  Most of the pictures are from right after the storm.  Some are before and some are from when the island was raised.  I used to love spending my lunches up there, especially with a storm blowing in.  (I guess I like scarry things!!)

moonmyyst


		
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