Hurricane Ike - Two Years and Counting

The Texas Association of Realtors held their annual convention in Galveston this year.  Interestingly enough, the dates coincided with Hurricane Ike’s second anniversary.

I am astonished at the improvement in the City of Galveston.  True, a few buildings are still boarded up, and some are gone completely -- but overall, the city looks really great!  In fact, if I hadn’t seen the piles of trash and the blue tarps myself, I wouldn’t believe that a major hurricane had scored a direct hit here.

Galveston (and Houston, as well) are to be doubly congratulated.  It is easy to forget that we took a one-two punch that week.  It was in the aftermath of the storm (and over a battery-powered radio to boot!) that I heard of the national financial crash.  So our recovery is doubly impressive.

Roger Martin

www.rogermartin.com