Liberty's Blog: Keeping Us Out and in the Dark

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Keeping Us Out and in the Dark

60 thousand of us fled Galveston under the mandatory evacuation orders of Galveston's Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas. 20 thousand stayed. Many of us ran far enough away to flee the flood waters but not from Ike himself. We rode out Ike here 75 miles North of home.

All we want to do is get near home so we can start to mitigate the damage. Tuesday at noon Lyda Anne Thomas announced a look and leave policy. We immediately started our preparations and left towards Galveston to rescue our poor cat Coco whom we had to leave behind. because of long gas lines and long lines to get onto the Island we arrived at our home at 5:30 We did find our Cat and got to quickly survey the damage that 4 feet of water can do to our home. We met some of our neighbors quickly swapped a few war stories and left before 6:00 like we were supposed to. On the way home home we heard on the radio that Lyda Ann decided that the look and leave plan wasn't working like she wanted it to and immediately cancelled the program. There was no explaination the press isn't allowed on the Island and Lyda Anne isn't talking to anyone. The staff is ordered to speak to no one. While contractors are allowed on the Island to work on major businesses we serfs aren't allowed even a short visit attempt to mittigate our damages to our homes and belongings. Everything we have is sitting dank, wet and stewing in mold, While we are forced to do nothing. Thanks Lyda Anne. You have probably caused us more damage to our homes and property than Ike did.