I don’t like Ike (update)

Galveston appears to have survived, but something strange is going on.  The Houston Chronicle — and national wire services — are reporting on 2000 people rescued in Galveston, but that means 18,000 have not been heard from.   Ike did not hit the city head-on and damage may have been less than first feared.  So far, only six deaths are reported.  But,  Kissmybluebutt.com mentions that:

… they will not let reporters into Bolivar peninsula.  They won’t even let reporters fly over in helicopters.  Governor Perry is trying to blow it off, but everybody here is pretty damned sure that they don’t want more Katrina pictures coming out of Bolivar.

That does not sound good at all.  Of all places, the Edinburg (not Texas) Scotsman headlines their story on the story “Searchers take body bags as hurricane toll mounts.”  Something is being left out of the news reports.

Grits For Breakfast, who was particulThe Mex Files › Create New Post — WordPressarly concerned about the fate of the thousand inmates in the Galveston County Jail who were not evacuated received news today that at least that particularly vulnerable population made it though alright.

Predicatably, from Houston comes word that FEMA has yet to show up.  In Galveston, City Manager Steve LeBlanc is hoping that WalMart will open by the end of the week…

Cuba is cleaning up right now, and probably will be unable to send medical crews.  No word yet on Mexican military rescue squads, though I expect they will be sent this week (and probably arrive before FEMA does).

On a slightly loopy note,