Al Roker was in Galveston today discussing the aftermath of

[malaise]

Ike
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27336631#27336631

[cobalt1999]

1. Ike is beyond the attention span horizon for the average American

Sad but true.

[malaise]

2. I think Ike would have had more coverage if this wasn't such a big election

year, but who knows since they also forgot about the Katrina victims.

[cobalt1999]

5. Having lived through Opal, Ivan, Dennis, Eloise, etc.

This has nothing to do with the election.

Once the storm is gone and the initial curiosity is satisfied, the country goes back to the next celebrity affair story.

[pitohui]

9. i think it must have SOMETHING to do w. the election

we have not even been told the death toll, believe you me, i'm in new orleans, hurricane news, aftermath, and number of dead are usu. endless items of discussion even after the national interest has passed

this one is...different

true, the local fishwrapper is republican-owned but it's scary how little we know

i assume there are still hundreds dead/missing but nothing is being acknowledged

i wonder about it every day

i don't expect a "real" death toll, as opposed to 10 here and 7 there, until nov. 5

[earth mom]

6. I disagree. It's more like a coverup by the corporate media whores & the government.

The people would care if it was being reported truthfully or as in depth as it should be. :(

[lynettebro440]

3. Its the new american way

doncha know....LOL

[Rockholm]

4. Ike...as in Tina Turner's ex?

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Five years to get Galveston back to where it was. Not good.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Has he found all those missing bodies?

[dogday]

10. 300 Hundred people still unaccounted for

Is that what you were asking?

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. You don't think people are still missing?

[trof]

12. Close friend of mine has the debris removal contract for Galveston.

He's been in the business for over 30 years.
Hurricanes, ice storms, tornadoes, even the debris from the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City; he's done it all.
Worked in my town after Ivan and in and around NOLA after Katrina.

Quote: "Galveston and the Bolivar peninsula is the biggest goddam mess I've ever seen. You can't imagine. We're gonna be here for a year and a half."

He and his business partner wife have closed up their home in our neighborhood for the duration.
I sure miss them
:-(