From the front lines,...........One, insurance adjusters aren't even allowed on Galveston Island as of this time. Essential rescue personnel and other personnel germane to assessing actual public loss to infrastructure (Water, sewers systems, electric facilities) are allowed into Galveston proper. Two, People with actual proof of business or home ownership are being allowed onto Galveston on a look and leave basis as of this afternoon. Three, There is a dusk to dawn curfew on the Island. Four, Galveston will never be the same as it was before, keep the emergency workers and the people in Galveston in your prayers.
That being said, it is extremely difficult to ascertain as to who left and who stayed on the Bolivar Peninsula. The culture down there is of rugged independence, even if the inhabitants can be flaky at times, they do not like to be told what to do.........even with a mandatory evacuation order issued. There could be more casualties.
