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Galveston’s Balinese Room Washed Away By Hurricane Ike

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 [...]

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Official Hurricane Season is Over, Catastrophe Bonds Pay Off Huge on Quiet Year

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...

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CenterPoint Energy Subsidiary Closes on Low-Cost Securitization Bonds to Recover Hurricane Ike Restoration Costs

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...

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Tough Season May Force Texas Oystermen to Fold

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.

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Is Florida agency price gouging or just charging what the market will bear?

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 [...]

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Typhoon Nida winds down

... 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...

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Goodfellows: After parents' job loss, kids need a little joy

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.

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Looks like Galveston paid too much for destroyed beach houses

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....

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The Galveston County Daily News calls out Ron Paul for hypocrisy

[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...

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Court Rejects Attempt To Block Demolition of Catholic Church Building

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...

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State Farm to appeal order for refunds

... 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...