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Galveston Bay remains the focus of the coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. The island itself still has a 6pm curfew, ABC's Eric Horng told us, for all residents to leave; but they were allowed to return to inspect the damage to their homes during daylight hours for the first time. NBC's Don Teague tried some smellovision, describing the combined aromas of "dead fish, raw sewage and gasoline" hanging in the air. Galveston Island is covered by "toxic soup" from the household cleaners and solvents and paints and heavy metals that were churned up by the storm surge. CBS sent Mark Strassmann to the Bolivar peninsula, which ABC's Ryan Owens (embargoed link) visited Monday. "Beach homes look like Stonehenge," he showed us, as 60 "shell-shocked survivors" who had weathered the storm were finally rescued.
On the mainland, ABC's Sharyn Alfonsi (embargoed link) updated us on FEMA's relief efforts for the 1.5m residents of the Houston area on their fourth day without electricity or running water. The agency intends to deliver 7m meals, 5m gallons of water and 19m lbs of ice.
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