Henry Martyn Robert of Robert’s Rules of Order fame was a civil engineer who helped design the jetties and seawall in #Galveston. #GalvestonTexas#TexasHistory
Massive #thunderstorm swept from central #texas through #houston at 70+ MPH last evening, knocking out power towers. Not telephone polls. Big, metal towers. Trees & telephone polls widely downed. Massive lightning and #tornado risks.
Numerous broken windows in downtown skyscrapers. Nearly a million people without power, perhaps for days. Basically everything cancelled. For days?! #galveston also slammed.
#GalvestonCounty#Texas - A barge hit a bridge in #Galveston on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to Pelican Island.
Under the clouded sky, the tall ship Alyssa sailed down the canal with a regal grace appearing to sail across the sand like a phantom ship. As she glided over the quiet waters, a delicate mist rose from the sandbanks, adding an ethereal touch. Not just a vessel; Alyssa is a symbol of adventure and the spirit of exploration.
In 2008, Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston Island's tiny H-E-B. 15 years later, the city by the sea still doesn't have one. But local officials are hinting that the wheels are in motion.
When the devastating 1900 Galveston Hurricane leveled the city, St. Mary Orphan Home, run by the Sisters of the Incarnate world, was one of the casulties. Ten nuns and almost 100 children died, trapped inside. Now, the Wal-Mart that sits on the home's former site claims to be the most "Haunted Wal-Mart in America."
If it costs $34 billion to protect the small island of Galveston (a place apparently inhabited by lots of millionaires), and even that might not be enough in the face of 21st century sea level rise - then what about the entire rest of the US coastline?