A Grim Tableau in Aftermath of Ike.By Juan A. Lozano and Christopher Sherman, AP, September 19, 2008. "It's been nearly a week since Hurricane Ike bulled ashore, and the images of once-bustling coastal Texas communities reduced to only a faint shadow of their old selves are no less staggering: Survivors traipsing past debris piled higher than their heads. Loose livestock grazing beneath downed power lines. Before-and-after shots of whole neighborhoods washed away. Scores of people taking on the drudgery of making it all livable again for weary and anxious evacuees still waiting to come home. 'The city of Galveston is not in ruins,' Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said Thursday, striking a defiant tone. Then she ceded the podium to city manager Steve LeBlanc, who said Galveston basically is on life support." Texas Law Threatens Some Homeowners. AP, September 18, 2008. "Under the Open Beaches Act, it is illegal to build between the high-tide and low-tide lines. Hurricane Ike dramatically moved those lines."
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