"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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In the aftermath of the 1900 Galveston storm, looting was widespread.
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Commercial boat owners formed a trust and charged extortionate prices to
ferry desperate refugees to the mainland.

Do you have a cite for this last one? I've heard just the opposite.


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO