ACHTUNG NADA’s WORKSHOP

The bay of Houston is so big that ships rarely come off the coast of the island of Galveston. It is a pity we never see a sail off the island except the ones of Elissa once a year.

Well, Ike was a non sense and nothing is blue anymore on the island and for a long time I am afraid

Some people did not take Ike seriously enough and they lost their life and their possessions.

After Ike struck, the City of Galveston poured millions of gallons of water on Broadway Avenue’s oak trees to try to save them. It was like a plasma for survival. Will it work ? We will know that next Spring.

The peninsula of Bolivar where there is the little village of Crystal Beach was devastated by Ike : 3600 constructions, houses, offices, schools, were destroyed by the wind and the surge of water which was 18 feet high in some places. Today, four months later, it still looks like a war zone. We used to have a beach house there and it is totally gone as shows the picture below. People still think that Bolivar can make a comeback. I hope so.

In Galveston there is a development project that houses thousands of African-Americans. It has been so badly damaged by Ike that nobody lives there anymore.

In Galveston there is a legend that says we have three suns of different colors, red, yellow and black. When the black sun shows its hideous face, an hurricane will devastate the island ten days later. On 3th of September 2008, the black sun appeared briefly on the horizon. Hurricane Ike truck on the 13th.

Galveston will come back, out of the blue or not

For the moment, the city managers are seeking a way out of their miseries, they even go to Cuba to look at how the Dictator prepares the island in case of a hurricane.