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Perseverance

I neglected this blog for two weeks, but for good purpose – I finished writing yesterday! I needed to block out every distraction, even worthy ones, to concentrate on making that final push. We still have to go through the editing process and create a reference list for all of our research, but Forgotten is [...]

Quote of the Day

We’re devoting one chapter of “Forgotten” to telling the story of what happened on the Bolivar Peninsula. I think a lot of people dismissed the damage in Crystal Beach, Gilchrist and the other peninsula communities because so many of the homes lost belonged to wealthy people who rented them to visitors. If more of the [...]

It’s only stuff

The debris piles that choked Galveston’s streets after Hurricane Ike endure as one of the most powerful symbols of the storm for me. They epitomized the sorrow and loss the storm inflicted, as residents ripped what remained of their lives from their flooded homes and dragged it to the curb. They also offered some insight [...]

Quote of the Day: Community trauma

Today’s quote of the day comes from Dr. Ben Raimer, UTMB’s senior vice president for health policy and legislative affairs. Raimer, an indefatigable optimist, thinks the future is bright for both the island and the medical branch. But he told me in November he had one major concern:

“I’m real, real concerned because an event like [...]

Inexcusably slow recovery

The Houston Chronicle had a good story on Monday about the post-Ike recovery in the Bayou Shores neighborhood, which just happens to be where I used to live. One of the families I interviewed for our chapter on rebuilding also lives there. Like so many, the Enriquez family didn’t have enough insurance to rebuild. Then [...]