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To: tejek who wrote (416982)	9/13/2008 6:09:24 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1582737

"The western part of Galveston took it hard.....is that where the Balinese is?" No. The Balinese was on the east end. It had a colorful history. en.wikipedia.org As far as the west end, well, that was inevitable. Except for hurricanes, the Gulf is fairly low energy. As a result, there is little slope to the beach face. It only rises a few inches to the dunes. And they usually aren't much more than a meter high. So there just isn't any protection. I don't know what the surge was on the west end, but even if it was half what it was on the east end, and that isn't likely, that would put waves at those structures. And it isn't easy to design a structure that can stand up to that. And if you did, it wouldn't be pretty. So....