After Surviving Storm, Fleeing A Fetid, Devastated Galveston

The article I choose was about hurricane Ike. In the article it stated that the aftermath of the storm is way worse than the storm it self. This past Sunday, over 2,000 people had stayed in their homes instead of evacuating the island of Galveston like the Texas Government told them to. The island is without electricity, people are running out of food and fresh water and many of them are emotionally tired from all of the destruction. Many people are severely injured, and many others are making 911 calls to possibly be taken to the hospital which in fact has electricity. The government has shut down the bridge coming back into the Island. Galveston’s mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said “Do not come back to Galveston. You cannot live here right now”. Which I believe is a form of exile. The citizens of Galveston that had left prior to the Hurricane are not even aloud back into the Island, and they are left homeless without supplies.

This Article was writen by Ian Urbina

The New York Times

Monday, September 15, 2008

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