South of Galveston, authorities said 67-year-old Ray Wilkinson was the only resident who didn't evacuate from Surfside Beach, population 800. He was drunk and waving when authorities reached him on Saturday morning. "He kinda drank his way through the night," Mayor Larry Davison said.
...this just in from PawPaw's neighbor....the huge double BA pine tree at the back of the house snapped and fell on the neighbor's garage, knocking the new fence down. There is a huge limb on PawPaw's roof and he doesn't know if it has been punctured. No windows were broken. Power came on for a bit yesterday and quickly went back off...that is somehwat good news, as it proves they are working on it. The neighborhood has trees down all over and some streets are blocked. Just think about this damage all over that huge city! Better news...Mr. K is back in town and is cooking a steak for PawPaw tonight! Sister is still w/o power, but her neighborhood Kroger is open and a neighboring commmunity has power. BIL's vet clinic is also w/o power and he had to get dry ice to save the vaccines. Theya re experiencing heavy rains today because of the cool front going through. Thank goodness...they need some cool DRY air w/o air conditioning!!! God Bless, Texas!
