Report on a dying city

[unixronin]

Hurricane Katrina beat, bruised, battered and bloodied New Orleans.  But it's looking like Hurricane Ike killed Galveston.

Of course, one could well argue that building a city on an oversized sandbar wasn't the best idea in the first place.  The harsh truth is Galveston's one of several cities that's been living on borrowed time for quite a while now.

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It's sad.

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

I've been there about half a dozen time, though not for some years now. I'll always remember its public beaches--not glamorous or scenic or sunswept, but crowded and messy, but welcoming. I'll remember the nearby crab and shrimp shacks, the huge palms along the highway and the Angel Statue that greeted visitors and commemorated the 1900 storm that nearly destroyed the island so long ago. I'll remember the Bishop's Palace. I'll remember Colonel Bubbie's Army Surplus (http://www.colbubbie.com/), where you could once buy a space suit, a WWI helmet, any kind of gas mask you wanted, or just while away an idle touristy hour wondering at his wild and wonderful merchandise. I'll remember riding the Galveston Ferry just for fun, and because I love ferries, staring out at the Medical School, and daydreaming about tropical medicine.

Another one of the sanctuaries of my memory has fallen.