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To: combjelly who wrote (248573)	9/1/2005 9:01:31 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1573962

I was in Galveston when Alicia hit in 1983. There was Even though FEMA was regarded as pretty worthless, they were there the day after the hurricane blew through. Alicia was nothing by comparison. It did a billion in damage -- a good deal in downtown Houston. I remember it well. There were no highways impassable (other than the brief floods that happen in South Houston every time it rains good). This is a 50 billion or 100 billion problem. Not the same thing.