Hurricane Ike's Effects In Texas

摘要

Numerous libraries were closed or damaged in Southeast Texas in the wake of Hurricane Ike September 13; some suffered water damage, while others had re-openings delayed by power outages. The Texas Library Association pro-rnvided updates from which this summary is drawn and is also soliciting donations for a disaster relief fund. Galveston took the worst hit. John Augelli, executive director of the Rosenberg Library, and two staffers stayed in the 75,000 square foot complex downtown that houses a library, archives, and museum and serves as the headquarters for the Galveston County Library System. They witnessed a storm surge inundate the first floor with over six feet of water. "It was a sound that you'd never forget," Augelli told LJ.