Ike

[devin_chain]

Mayor: 'Galveston is not in ruins.'

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[deadlychameleon.livejournal.com]

It looks like one of the big issues after the storm is going to be public beach law - there was a great deal of erosion, so any property now between the low and high tide marks is forfeit.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hv66mQYhD-TzuWJwGVUxbpzYT23AD939D2BO0

[devin-chain.livejournal.com]

The same happened 25 years ago after Hurricane Alicia. People with homes on what became "public" property lost them to the state. It was awful.