[Steppes] Gulf War site

[AlKudsi@aol.com]

Yes, I had studied that the unofficial death count in the Galveston Hurricane 
(they didn't name them back then) was supposed to have killed close to 10,000 
people, but there was no way to make an accurate count.  The 5-6,000 number 
comes from the recovered bodies.  I've been to the cemetary and historical 
marker that commorates the occasion...it was also the instigation of the Galveston 
sea wall by the Army Corp of Engineers, since most of the deaths were 
attributable to the storm surge (estimated to be in the neighborhood of 30 ft high 
most places, but higher in others).  When you are basically sea level, and some 
places lower than sea level, that can really ruin your day.  After being 
involved with Red Cross efforts through Senior Girl Scouts in storm shelters and 
storm cleanup during the late 60's, I remember what a hurricane can do all too 
well.

But, the point is, is that people who have lived for a while in hurrican 
areas should know how to batten down the hatches and get the heck outta Dodge when 
necessary (hurricane party stories regardless -- there are always idiots!). 
If local SCA people go out to help in the cleanup if the Gulf War site takes 
damage, and the damage is serious, I still feel that we ought to use it in 
support of the people who make their livelihood from events like ours.

Saqra