Dear Family and Friends,
Thank you for your calls and emails concerning our safety and property damage due to Mighty Ike that made landfall just east of Galveston at 2:10 a. m. this morning.
We really do not know much more than anyone else who is watching the television coverage because no one can get onto the Peninsula to evaluate the damage there. Flooding is still taking place all over the area as far as we can tell and news crews and camera men and women are not allowed to go there because of safety issues.
We've heard during the night that the entire strip of land (Bolivar Peninsula) has been under water since early yesterday and we know the TXDot ferry is not running between Galveston Island and the Peninsula. One of the news reporters on The Weather Channel has just said the entire Galveston Island is "under water," but that sounds to me like a bit of exaggeration. We do know Houston has much flooding and Beaumont and Port Arthur are still being pounded by 90-100 MPH wind. All reports indicate that the storm will hover for a while and areas upward of Beaumont can expect more wind and rain, plus the rising waters coming from all sources of water, rivers, bayous, lakes and the Gulf.
Most of the major national coverage has centered on Houston, Galveston proper and a small village, Surfside,with just under 800 people living there, where a team of reporters were set up for the duration of the storm. Galveston Island has had major damage to property and particularly the beautiful old historic district including The Strand and all along the seawall.
We've seen three pictures of scenes on Bolivar, but they were taken yesterday during the surge prior to Ike's landing. We are wondering what we own and have.
Until the next page turns,
Brenda
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