The Shelter on Galveston's Seawall
When Hurricane Ike barreled toward Galveston, Texas in September 2008, most residents evacuated. But Jim and Elaine Maddox, an elderly couple on 53rd Street, couldn't...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Nahum 1:7.
When Hurricane Ike barreled toward Galveston, Texas in September 2008, most residents evacuated. But Jim and Elaine Maddox, an elderly couple on 53rd Street, couldn't leave. Jim was recovering from hip surgery and Elaine refused to go without him. They moved to their interior hallway, stacked mattresses against the walls, and waited. The storm surge swallowed entire blocks. Homes built on sand foundations washed into the Gulf.…
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