Is Galveston Finished? (Houston, Surfside Beach: to rent, condo, wedding)

[LostInHouston]

If you want to know what will happen to Galveston, just pick up the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.

[Mom2Feebs]

Pointe West survived, well intact, just FYI pixie! :-)

[Mom2Feebs]

Originally Posted by LostInHouston

If you want to know what will happen to Galveston, just pick up the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.

Yeah, I don't think so!

[20yrsinBranson]

Originally Posted by C2H (ComingtoHouston)

As we all know Galveston took a hard hit from hurricane ike. Pretty much everything is devastated. I think people will think twice about living on a beach and investing in property there so the recovery process could take years. The Balinese Room (Historic Nightclub) was completely destroyed. Do you guys think it will be rebuilt? What do you guys think the future is looking like for Galveston Island?

Interesting. I have been to Galveston at least a dozen times and I have never even heard of the Balinese Room. Where *was* it?

I think that Galveston will rebuild and life will go on. After all, they did it after the 1900 hurricane, if they could do it then, surely they can do it now.

People will always live on the coast and they will always endure hurricanes. I would move there (or Florida) tomorrow if I had the money and a source of income.

20yrsinBranson

[southeasttexas]

Originally Posted by 20yrsinBranson

Interesting. I have been to Galveston at least a dozen times and I have never even heard of the Balinese Room. Where *was* it?

We saw it everytime we walked the seawall with the kids. It was out over the water, not far from the old Ocean Grill.

[bamba_boy]

The Balinese Room was also a legendary gambling house with gaming tables that folded into the roof when the state or county police started down the long pier walkway. The local police were all bought off and it took the Texas Rangers to shut it down after years operation. Some governor wanted to make political points (most of the population supported gambling). BTW, Fertitta's grandfather was the non-ownerhip family operations manager during the casino hey-day when Frank Sinatra and all the big stars of the 40's and 50's played there. I'll bet he rebuilds on the same spot... a lot of history there!

[MissDaisy]

Galveston is no more finished than San Francisco was after the Loma Priata quake of 1989....devistating, to be sure..but you rebuild and move on..

That is the stuff survivors are made of...if it were easy, everyone would do it.....that is what makes special places special..

[jd433]

Yes Galveston was hard hit by huricane Ike. Just as many other catastrophic events have been followed by rebuilding so will go with Galveston and the Bolivar penninsula.

We have seen rebuilding after far worse disasters. There was the Chicago Fire, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Camille, how about the Boston Molasses disaster or the KOBE earthquake. the list goes on and on.

In all cases there was rebuilding and this will be no different. The reason for the rebuilding will be the same as the reason that it was developed to begin with. It must have been a desireable place or noone would have ever gone there. If Galveston was not meant to be they would never have rebuilt
it after the hurricane of 1900.

[C2H (ComingtoHouston)]

Originally Posted by jd433

If Galveston was not meant to be they would never have rebuilt
it after the hurricane of 1900.

Yeah but mother nature will always have the final say whether it be 10 , 100, or 200 years from now.

I hope the best for Galveston. I think it is definitely an assett to the Houston metro and think its one of the things that make the metro unique from the rest in the state. I just feel sorry for all the people who lost their homes and have nowhere to go. I think that in the rebuilding process, maybe the island should be raised another 20 feet.

[LIcowgirl289]

Originally Posted by southeasttexas

With the seawall, Galveston can and will recover, eventually. Conversely, the Bolivar Peninsula is DONE.

I feel for those who lived there, but living on the ocean along with knowing the stats, you have to know there is a 1-25, 50, 100 chance your house is going to float away. But, they build anyway…
I grew up on the water and love the ocean, but wouldn’t want to live on it. Like the folks who build on barrier islands – it’s a barrier island for a reason!