I think that the exact wording was that, if you stay in a one-family home to ride out the storm, you face certain death... I know at least two people that are still in Galveston, but they live in big apartment buildings.

My stuff is going to be trashed. It's on the west end of the island, near the San Luis Pass, and isn't behind the Seawall. I've essentially given up all hope for everything still in the garage. Maybe, just maybe, the rest of the house will make it...

"The landfall location will probably be very close to Galveston, Texas; on the southwest end of Galveston Island."

That's a bullseye right there...