September 16, 2008 -
Just as FEMA and other government officials were finishing patting themselves on the back for the heralded response to Hurricane Gustav -- which still had plenty of problems; see our coverage here -- Ike has revealed still-deep flaws in our nation's disaster response infrastructure.
September 16, 2008 -
Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas yesterday ordered city employees not to talk to reporters, the Galveston County Daily News reports.
September 15, 2008 -
The Galveston County Daily News reports that health conditions on Galveston Island are deteriorating in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
September 15, 2008 -
While the post-Ike news coverage has focused largely on the destruction wrought in Galveston and Houston, the storm also caused extensive damage to the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama -- even into the panhandle of Florida.
September 15, 2008 -
Information continues to be scarce about the over 1,000 inmates in the Galveston County, Texas jail who were inexplicably not evacuated for Hurricane Ike.
September 15, 2008 -
The Galveston area of Texas that took a direct hit from Hurricane Ike is home to a top-level biodefense laboratory that studies highly contagious and deadly diseases including bird flu, but lab officials are assuring the public that the pathogens were secured before the storm made landfall.
September 15, 2008 -
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency came under fire Sunday as emergency workers were left undernourished and dozens of trucks of water and food had yet to be set up at distribution centers around Houston and surrounding communities.