Chris Cantell Discusses US News: Recovery after Ike. by Silvia Szarkova

There is need for time- in everything people do, and after every human tragedy, there is need for recovery, which takes,of course, some time. It has been nearly a week, since hurricane Ike splashed into to calm everyday living of Texas people. Newspapers are full of tragic views, full of humans´ tragedy, but meantime, people start to return to their houses. Some of them come to see the ruins and naked walls not remainding their living netted with memories. Some of them after that return to their shelters, or start to find a new place for living.

"The city of Galveston is not in ruins," said Lyda Ann Thomas, Mayor on Thursday. Maybe, some of the citizens would not agree with her. The life starts to return to its old days, but just really slowly. There is some power for the only hospital, but maybe not enough. Cell phones coverage is still pure, but is continuously improving, and this should also help to communicate between the crew helping to recover. City manager Steve LeBlanc says that their water is still bleeding.

"By staying away and being patient, you are making it possible for us to get you home in a week or so, instead of the months it would take if the city's infrastructure were more overwhelmed at this point," Thomas said, while Galveston Island remained still closed.

Center Point Energy has restored power to nearly 900, 000 homes in Galveston, so now, more people are with energy than without. Statewide more than 1.5 million still remains without this power.

Ike´s statistic is now on the number of 56 deaths, 22 of them are from Texas, but officials warn the final number could increase. During the hurricane, at least 49 of the more than 3,800 offshore oil production platforms were destroyed- fortunately, this shouldn´t impact lot, it is just a tiny percentage.


related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080919/ap_on_re_us/ike;_ylt=AomBhIZZx6xU8xn3kipRnYCs0NUE

by Silvia Szarkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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