Is that harbor side restarants will not be rebuilt. Some locations on the Strand will be closing.

link?

inside information coming from city council.

inside information coming from city council.

Rumors without facts backing them up

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Some locations on the Strand will be closing.

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I would think this is a given, but it's also a given that they will be snagged by other entrepreneurs looking for prime real estate.

On a positive note, I ran into Paco at lunch yesterday. He says he is trying to open in December. I also had a beer with the owner of Murdocs's. He is planning to rebuild. That place has been knocked down five times now. It has been rebuilt every other time.

Mike Dean isn't sure when Yaga's can reopen, but he's coming back for sure.

That shrimp boat sitting in Willy G's parking lot is pretty crazy.

seems like you're in the know Fairway. What are you hearing about harbor side and the strand?

I know survival is the issue right now, but Galveston needs its tourism spots back hopefully by Sring break time.

I'm glad Dickens on the Strand will still go on, we will be there to support you guys.

Word is Biker Rally 2008 is still happening. I'm excited and worried at the same time -- it's a good opportunity to bring some commerce back and their theme is "giving back to Galveston" or something along those lines, which is cool. I'm worried because we don't have an adequate hospital and Biker Rally can be a doozy for UTMB.

I haven't heard much about harborside. The latest news I got was about saltwater and sky bar. They weren't insured adequately. They aren't sure if they will rebuild. I know the manager pretty well and he is already looking for another job.

How'd Benno's do??? Clary's???

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According to this morning's paper, the Biker Rally has been postponed until mid-December to give restaurants, hotels, UTMB, etc. more time to recover.

if Saltwater is toast does that mean Yaga's is too?

Aren't they both owned by this group:

http://www.galveston.com/marios/

Galveston Restaurant Group has a stake in Yagas, but mostly it's Mike Deans baby. He told a buddy of mine just last week he's coming back, but that it could take up to 8 months to be fully functional. The kitchen was entirely destroyed.

I think I should ask the important burning question that most of the young males here are wondering:

Will the HOOTERS be rebuilt?

did the censored make it?

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There should be no more development in hazard prone areas, period. People who do not live in hazard prone areas should not pay for those who take on that risky behavior because their risk perception is off-keal. Another Cat3+ storm will come with an even bigger surge, and it won't be 100 years either.

I totally agree.

AgsWin, that is the same idiot statement you made on a different thread.

So, no more homes in Oklahoma or Kansas as they frequently have whole towns destroyed by tornadoes.

No more building in California because they predictably have mud slides and fires.

No more houses within 50 miles of any river because it might flood.

No houses in mountainous areas because there might be a rock slide, an avalanche or a blizzard.

No more tall buildings in New York City because they might be hit by airplanes.

No more houses built close to one another because if one catches fire it might spread to the adjacent homes.

And on & on.

How much have you "personally" contributed to the rebuilding of anything along the coast?

Then noone should live in California, Kansas, OK, Carribean, Florida, barrier islands in Carolinas, etc, etc.

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There should be no more development in hazard prone areas, period. People who do not live in hazard prone areas should not pay for those who take on that risky behavior because their risk perception is off-keal. Another Cat3+ storm will come with an even bigger surge, and it won't be 100 years either.

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Sorry to feed the troll but I can't contain myself any longer.

I saw this post in another thread. By "no more development" I assume you mean development of any kind, commercial, residential or industrial. By "hazard prone area" I assume you mean lands within 50 miles of a coast/river. I'll even exclude all other "hazard prone areas" just to prove a point.

By your theory, why the hell don't we shut down that lovely city of 3.6 (approx) million people to the north that goes by the name of Houston? It some areas it had almost, if not more, damage than Galveston's Seawall protected areas. Or why not shut down offshore drilling for petroleum? Or all coastal refineries?

As of Feb 2006 census, which includes Katrina/Rita disruptions the Gulf Coast ALONE accounted for $16,850,386,000 in imports and $8,066,638,000 in exports.According to your opinion, we should shut down these port facilities. No more import/export. I'm sure we won't mind the loss of $740,000,000 in transportation equipment, the $170,000,000 in petroleum and coal, or the $224,000,000 in steel and other metals. Likewise, I'm sure foreign nations wouldn't be too heavily impacted by the severance of their supply chain from the US.





Oh, and you misspelled "keel".

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AgsWin, you really need to shut your mouth. my family has owned cabins on the coast for years. In fact the 4th generation was just starting to find out about it. How about some consideration you jack***. My brother lives in G-town as does some of my wife's family.

I am so incredibly enraged by your comments. There is so much of my family history down there. We lost so much to that storm as did many others. just keep your stupid comments to yourself. Just because you have no ties to the area you say that. You are only concerned with yourself obviously.

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think I should ask the important burning question that most of the young males here are wondering:

Will the HOOTERS be rebuilt?

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We went down there for a drive today. It was pretty freaky. But we stopped for dinner (trying to help out the island economy in what ever small way we could) and our waitress was a former Hooter's waitress. She said they would rebuild, but it was going to be about 9 months. Also said there would be no more restaurants on the piers.

Was very sad to see the destruction. We went from the NE end to the SW end, and the damage is quite varied. I had been told that most of the non-palm trees were dead, and was sad that this appears to be true. Lots of boarded up buildings and still a lot of debris around. But there were definite signs of rebuilding, and a good number of folks around for a cold November day. We took the toll bridge on the SW end of the island. We were surprised to see no toll guy, until we saw no road on the other side. The whole left side of the road was just gone. Pretty freaky and we didn't know what was ahead, and it was getting dark, so we turned back. Good luck Galveston! Hope things can get back to normal for you!