Coverup! Galveston officials restrict media access

[Ocean]

Coverup! Galveston officials restrict media access
Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas on Monday ordered all city employees not to talk to news reporters. She did not say when that order would be lifted.

Thomas and City Manager Steve LeBlanc will be the only officials allowed to talk to reporters. City spokeswoman Mary Jo Naschke vehemently denied the city was trying to clamp down on coverage.

Good informative site with extensive pictorial gallery of before and after pictures of the devastation of hurricane Ike

_http://www.jakeabby.com/cb/


From those photos it is evident that there has been massive devastation

 

[Laura]

I guess they don't want anybody talking about it in case they get embarrassed again as they did after Katrina. Gotta get a choke hold on the situation without anyone knowing.

 

[noise]

Those images sure depict tragedy. Some houses are just not there and there is little to no debris even. Other images look like a 20 car pile up. There was something that goes with what Laura said, quoting from the site itself:

9-16-08 10:18PM - Carolyn Gudgel sent me this video. [ general depiction of foundations, mud and debris with no homes] It is a flyover of the coast, it shows some great tight shots of a lot of houses.

Video Removed at Youtube

They, the PTB sure don't want anyone to know how tragic this situation was! Thanks for sharing that link Ocean.
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[FireShadow]

My stepfather (a Physician's Assistant) just got home after spending 10 days in the Orange (Texas) area. He was there helping provide medical care - mostly checking out people who need maintenance medications (like for diabetes and heart patients) and getting them their meds. Many have apparently been without these important medications. He reports that he did not have many injuries or new illnesses to treat, just a few children with colds.

When I asked how it was over there, all he would say is "Count your blessings, it is really bad there". He would not elaborate. I do not know if it is because he was instructed to not say anything or if he was trying to spare me. He is not easily daunted. He sounded daunted.