NEWSTALK 860 » galveston http://ksfa860.com Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Study Recommends Abandoning West Galveston island http://ksfa860.com/environmental-study-recommends-abandoning-west-galveston-island/ http://ksfa860.com/environmental-study-recommends-abandoning-west-galveston-island/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:29:01 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=23032 A study by scientists at Rice University says Galveston officials should seriously consider abandoning the west end of the island -- and retreating to the area behind the seawall to avoid being swamped by rising seas.

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