thousands were killed because it wasn t all that prepared. i was in galveston in 2008 for another big storm there. are you looking at evacuating to avoid what bill is talking about here? not at this time we re on the outskirts of the storm right now. we ll be closely monitoring it. we re mostly concerned about the tidal run-up we ll see as a result of the storm surge as well as these huge rain amounts they are predicting for us. any time we get large rain amounts on top of huge tides it cause problems. galveston is a huge beach tourist destination. are you telling people who are expected to come for summer holidays to stay away? we want everybody to heed warnings put out right now. we re looking at the pretty rainy weekend. not looking for a lot of tourism visits this weekend but we want everybody to stay weather aware and turn around don t drown. we re looking at substantial street flooding in the area and areas getting to the island. we want to make sure everybody