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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (699029)9/1/2005 11:11:34 AM
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The Army Corp of Engineers built Galveston up 16 feet after their hurricane in 1900.

To prevent future floods the city decided to build a sea wall. The level of the city was raised. At the wall it was raised sixteen feet and gradually sloped down toward the bay. The grade dropped one foot for every 1500 feet from the beach. All of the buildings were raised on jacks and sand was pumped from the bay to fill in underneath them. Catwalks connected the buildings together. At the time of the hurricane Galveston was a booming city whose shipping rivaled that of New Orleans. The hurricane created a major setback in the growth of this city, but the survivors determination helped them rebuild. It took several years to complete the sea wall and the raising of the island, but at the completion Galveston was back on track.

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