Pooling, TV stations could finally, this afternoon, get a plane in the air, close enough to show the devastation.
Bolivar Peninsula is located north of Galveston Island. It was on the east side of that Eye of Ike as he hit. Sea level, 10 feet. A reported 140 folks stayed on the Peninsula (authorities had told them to write their name and SS number on their arm) They are looking for them. They are having difficulty, cause they can't match the houses to addresses. The houses have moved or disappeared.
And, the Texas coastline has changed. The Gulf of Mexico just got bigger
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