Galveston

While it is way too early to say where Hurricane Rita will make landfall, if it does take a bee line toward Galveston, keep in your thoughts and prayers the Galveston police officers and firefighters. The city has very little buffer against storm surge, and most of it is around 8 feet above sea level. Still, 180 police officers and 117 firefighters are going to stay behind for emergency services in the city. That, folks, is bald-faced courage.