TexasLiberal (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Below you see a marker where the Balinese Room once was on Galveston’s Seawall. The marker says that this location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Interior Department. While this may well indeed be the case, it is also so that Hurricane Ike washed the Balinese Room away in 2008. This [...]
Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Houston Chronicle: Lessons from a quiet storm season The 2009 hurricane season officially ends today with just nine named storms having developed in the Atlantic basin, a nice break after the disastrous 2008 season that sent Hurricane Ike barreling into Galveston Island. Here are four things we know after six months of tracking the tropics, and one thing we don’t. What...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
HOUSTON, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced today that CenterPoint Energy Restoration Bond Company, LLC closed on the sale of $664.8 million in storm recovery bonds, also known as securitization bonds, to recover costs CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric) incurred in 2008 to restore service following Hurricane...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The state is working to restore beds devastated by Hurricane Ike last year, but some harvesters fear they will have to fold before the measures have an impact.
Knowledge Problem (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Michael Giberson Last year thousands of Florida consumers called the state to complain about price gouging on gasoline after Hurricane Ike. This year, hoteliers, gas stations, and other business owners are saying they are being price gouged by the Florida Department of Transportation. The issue: the fee the state charges business owners who wish to appear [...]
Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... intensity decreases, the wave action will diminish much more slowly. This effect was seen with Hurricane Ike when the storm intensity dropped to a Cat 2 but the storm surge was the equivalent of a Cat 4. WEATHER UPDATE 8:45 a.m. - Super Typhoon Nida still sending powerful waves to Guam (Guampdn.com) A stationary super typhoon that is no longer a threat to Guam is still sending large sea...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Last year, Hurricane Ike severely damaged the family's northeast Houston home. And with both parents laid off from their full-time jobs, a father's part-time job is barely enough to support his family.
South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Sales contracts for the first 23 beach-front properties whose owners completed buyout agreements with the city show wide disparities between the values set by private appraisers and those listed by the Galveston Central Appraisal District. On average, the city paid 89 percent more for the houses damaged by Hurricane Ike than the appraisal district said they were worth before the storm. On average....
South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
[Ron Paul's] speech, delivered Saturday at the Galveston Country Club, included a message about keeping the federal government out of the pocketbooks of ordinary folks. What’s ironic is that West Ender residents had lobbied relentlessly — and successfully — for what has to be the most breathtaking entitlement program approved in response to Hurricane Ike. The federal Hazard...
Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
A state trial court in Galveston, Texas on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that had been brought by parishioners of Our Mother of Mercy Church to prevent the Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston from demolishing the church building. Yesterday's Houston Chronicle reports that while the church building survived Hurricane Ike last year, the Archdiocese decided to close the church as part of a...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... industry," he said, comparing the order to the financial strain that the company faced with Hurricane Ike last year.State Farm's decision to continue the fight means that the insurer's 1.2 million customers will have to wait even longer for refunds – if the state prevails. State Farm and the Texas Department of Insurance have been in court over homeowner rates since 2003.Although the commissioner's...
