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Why not evacuate?
The entire island of Galveston is "too close to the beach". You simply cannot make a home that close to the beach that is not liable to damage by wind - or even more deadly, the flooding. Very little of the island is actually protected by the seawall.
That is why there was a MANDATORY evacuation order - everything pointed to a tragedy in the making as Ike came closer. I fear that too many residents thought that this storm would turn at the last minute as so many in the past have done. Many were probably either old timers who thought they had been through the worst, or newcomers who had no knowledge of the 1900 storm, Carla, or the like. The false alarm and nightmare evacuation before Rita also probably lead to many not taking it seriously.
I am really afraid of what they will find as they go through the worst of the island's damage.
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