Galveston Island

• Historic Galveston Island Unveils Coulomb Technologies Networked Charging Stations for EV.

First of 12 Charging Stations Officially Unveiled February 6, 2010 at 10:00 am HOUSTON -- Coulomb Technologies today announced that the Galveston Hi...

• Business Wire
• February 03, 2010

• Flowing Back to Galveston Island

By Juan A. Lozano and Christopher Sherman The Associated Press

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• September 20, 2008

• 33 CFR 117.977 - Pelican Island Causeway, Galveston Channel.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters

• Galveston Halts 'Look and Leave': ; Ike Refugees Turned Away at Bridge After Enduring 20 Miles of Chaos On I-45

GALVESTON, Texas - Residents of this hurricane-wrecked island city launched an ill-advised attempt to return to their crippled hometown Wednesday, but instead fumed in hours of gridlocked traffic only to be turned away at the bridge. Traffic backed up for 20 miles along Interstate 45, the one route onto Galveston Island, jockeying for position with utility workers, repair crews and police trying to begin repairs to the city wrecked by Hurricane Ike five days ago.

• Charleston Gazette
• September 18, 2008

• Letter From Galveston

Mr. [Bertschler] warned of a nightmare hurricane that would rival Galveston's infamous September 1900 storm, which, like [Carla], is said to have been a Category 4 (out of a possible 5) tropical cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale. Unlike Carla's, the eye of the 1900 storm passed right over Galveston. Its 15-foot storm surge completely swamped the island, where the highest elevation was then just 8.7 feet In response to that storm, the U.S. Corps of Engineers erected a 17-foot seawall, and the city raised its grade so that its topography slopes down northward from Seawall Boulevard, draining floodwaters into Galveston's ship channel and bay. After that, the city considered itself pretty well protected. What did we think would happen, Mr. Bertschler had asked us, if a big storm...

• Texas Observer, The
• August 28, 2009

• Marion Duzich; Seafood Marketing, Inc.; Gulfway Seafoods, Inc.; Galveston Harbour Properties, Inc.; Island Time Property Co.; Island Spice & Tea Co.; Southeast Packing Co.; Fish Tales, Inc.; the Spot in the Village; and Waterman International, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Advantage Finance Corp.; Et Al., Defendants, the Cit Group/Commercial Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellee., 395 F.3d 527 (5th Cir. 2004)

Laura Botts Rowe, John Jason Deis, Taylor M. Hicks, Hicks, Thomas & Lilienstern, Houston, TX, George William Vie, III (argued), Mills Shirley, Galvest...

• Federal Circuits

• Moody Gardens Enters Final Phase of $25m Rainforest Pyramid(R) Enhancement

Grand Reopening in May 2011 to Include New Exhibits, Tree-top Canopy Entrance, and More than 1,000 Plants and Animals From Around the World GALVESTON ISLAND, Texas, Feb. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Moody Gardens has entered the final phase of a $25 million enhancement project that will include a complete redesign of its popular Rainforest Pyramid, providing guests with a unique two- level experience that allows them to explore the rainforests of the world from both the ground and the sky. The newly enhanced attraction, to be unveiled in May 2011, will also include exciting new exhibits as well as more than 1,000 exotic plants and animals.

• U.S. Newswire
• February 18, 2011

• Largest Holiday Lighting Event On Gulf Coast to Kick Off Nov. 13 with New Features

Moody Gardens Adds Kids Snow Zone, Food Drive and More to Ninth Annual Festival of Lights GALVESTON ISLAND, Texas, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This holiday season kids won't need unusually frigid weather to enjoy the rare chance to play in Texas snow. That is, not if they come to Moody Gardens' ninth annual Festival of Lights.

• U.S. Newswire
• November 04, 2010

• That Sinking Feeling

Galveston breaks roughly into two camps-those who would fight Mother Nature and those who would bend to her will. Jerry Mohn, the owner of a chemical distribution company in Houston, belongs decisively to the former group, the "defenders." And he has a name for the other side: "retreatists." "Goodbye island," he says, summing up the geohazards map with mock irony. Then he gets serious. "But this is what happens if we don't do something to protect the island. And it's going to cost a hell of a lot of money. Geologist John Anderson says he's tired of explaining the map, and the science behind it, to city officials. "If they do not understand it, they should not be in public office," he says sternly. An exchange he had with a city planning commissioner last August is telling. "We have to ...

• Texas Observer, The
• August 21, 2009

• Restoring Sediment Key to Gulf Coast Revival

GALVESTON, Texas - Restoring the flow of sediment to Gulf Coast wetlands and barrier islands that are key wildlife habitats and provide crucial protection from storms is one of the biggest challenges officials face as they seek to restore a region whose long-time ecological problems came into focus after last year's disastrous oil spill. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force held its fifth and next-to-last public meeting on Monday in Galveston, itself an eroding barrier island in Texas. The group was tasked by President Barack Obama with restoring, rebuilding and protecting the Gulf of Mexico and the communities nearby. Members say they hope to identify and expand successful projects in Gulf states, and create the first holistic approach to restoring an ecosystem that is cruci...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• June 28, 2011