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    • k5jri radio

      According to the Galveston Daily News (03/21/2024), Gordon Food Service will (within a few days) open a large Restaurant Supply store (Gordon's Restaurant Market) that will also be open to the public. It's located on 2402 45th Street, the site once occupied by the "long gone Gerland's Food Fair."
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      The beach resort cities of Gulfport MS (population approx 72.000) and Biloxi MS (population approx 50,000), 13 miles apart along the Mississippi Gulf of Mexico coast, are the joint county seats of Harrison County MS. On 17 August 1969, Hurricane Camille, a category 5 storm, made landfall with 175 mph sustained winds, causing total destruction of 68 square miles of Harrison County. The total estimated total cost of damage was $1.42 billion in 1969 dollars (approximately $11.65 billion in 2023 dollars). As was the case with Galveston County, casino gambling and associated vice activities along the Gulf coast, although illegal, were common until stricter law enforcement ended them in the 1950s. Although casino gambling is currently illegal in Galveston County TX (and other counties in Texas with the exception of Native American property), Mississippi cities, including Biloxi and Gulfport are home to 26 gambling casinos not on Native American property, plus 3 more gambling casinos on Native American property.
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      Many of the "beach resort" areas along I've visited over the years have been smaller cities or towns adjacent to or otherwise part of the metro area of a larger city. For example: [1] Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and Atlantic Beach are part of the Jacksonville, FL (Duval County) metro area; [2] Panama City Beach is part of the Panama City, FL (Bay County) metro area; [3] Pensacola Beach is part of the Pensacola, FL (Escambia County) metro area; [4] St. Augustine Beach and Vilano Beach are part of the St. Augustine, FL (St. Johns County) metro area; [5] Wrightsville Beach is part of the Wilmington, NC (New Hanover County) metro area.
      These aforementioned "beach resort" areas developed over the years as a part of a larger city's metro area. Although Galveston now has some characteristics of being a part of the Houston TX (Harris County and portions of surrounding counties) metro area, Galveston has many characteristics of having once being a significant metro area in its own right. For example, it is the county seat (Galveston County), with the Galveston County courthouse, jail, and sheriff's office; as well as the Galveston Division, Southern District of Texas federal building located within its city limits.
         
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    • k5jri radio

      Dan Hixon's You-Tube video "Galveston in the 70s" offers an informative and entertaining presentation of what various places in Galveston looked like. For one thing, there's a picture of the Hudson Oil service station managed at the time by Dan's dad, Joe Hixon. This service station was literally the first place to buy gasoline upon entering Galveston (or the last place to buy gasoline when leaving Galveston). The Galvez Mall shopping center was easy walking distance from the service station. Dan's video shows pictures of the mall's interior that  were taken in the 1980s following the cosmetic remodeling & renovations made by the Rouse Corp. Dan has done an excellent job assembling the best available source material. 
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      Assuming a visitor to Galveston Island (business or vacation purposes) learns of an approaching tropical storm, but is unable to leave before heavy traffic makes it difficult to do so. Where ares the safest places) on Galveston Island to ride out the storm?
      This scenario presupposes that [1] electronic monetary transactions might become difficult or impossible, and [2] the visitor does not have personal friends or close business associates on Galveston Island to look to for assistance.
      Should this happen in the manner described, how much cash should be kept in reserve? Are there any organizations available to assist stranded visitors during times of natural disasters?
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