From Weather.com:

The Weather Channel’s Julie Martin reports the U.S. Coast Guard made 65 rescues on Texas’ Bolivar peninsula today. But no more rescue attempts will be made until conditions are calmer.

That’s the southern end of the seriously misnamed High Island, which is the next one northeast of Galveston Island.

The Hooters in Galveston appears to have been seriously damaged. That is a tragedy.

Here’s what I’m hoping about evacs: Even if Harris and Galveston County officials blew it, village and town officials in northern Galveston and southern Harris counties carried the day and saved lives.

Galveston Island

Kemah

Tiki Island

Bayou Vista

Omega Bay in La Marque

Bolivar Peninsula

San Leon

Bacliff

Freddiesville

Some Chambers County residents

Some Brazoria County residents—excluding Pearland and Alvin

People in low-lying areas of Dickinson Bayou, Tropical Gardens, the country club area, Bayou Chantilly and any homes that front Dickinson Bayou

Harris County areas in ZIP code areas: 77058, 77059, 77062, 77520, 77546, 77571, 77586 and 77598

Matagorda County

Jackson County

Orange County

Parts of San Patricio County

Why in the name of all that’s holy, would you not evacuate all of Galveston County? Are they that confident that the island will protect the mainland portion?