Texas. . .Galveston after Ike

Hurricane Ike blew into Galveston and the surrounding areas and left destruction in its wake. The people along the Texas coastline will be working for years to get their town, homes, and property back into any semblance of what it used to be. Yet there is an air of vitality in the workers and the people that live in and around Galveston. Everyone is working to get their city back into shape and have their streets and shops open and business thriving once again.

Galveston’s beautiful coastline has changed. The piers with the quaint little tourist trap shops where sea shells, T-shirts, cups, and whatnots have been sold for years and that have been part of Galveston’s history for many, many years, are no more. The fishing pier where my husband has fished on for well over thirty years, and our grandson since he was three, looks lonely, torn up, and an abandon wreck.

Galveston residence displaced from their homes, jobs, and way of life will remember Hurricane Ike. Yet in a year or two, the city will once again flourish and enjoy it’s summer trade and winter tourists. And Ike will be but a memory to the world, but a stain upon the heart of the residents that decide Ike was the “one” and we’ll move on.

But to the hearty people, the ones that are made of sterner stuff, they will rebuild and stay on the island to face the future in a town they call home. Maybe even face another hurricane, but they are what makes Galveston the fun tourist town for families to come and seek a few hours or days of pleasure.

I look forward to the day the Island of Galveston is up and fully running maybe not in it’s former glory, but a whole new look for a splendid old town.