Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin'
I still see her dark eyes glowin'
She was 21 when I left Galveston

Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun and dream of Galveston

I still see her standing by the water
Standing there lookin' out to sea
And is she waiting there for me?
On the beach where we used to run

Galveston, oh Galveston, I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
At Galveston, at Galveston
"Galveston" Jimmy Webb / Glen Campbell 1969

My Dad was a Glen Campbell fan when we were kids, and I used to hear this song playing all the time around the house...

It always gave me quite a picture in my head, similar to those ads Texas uses to lure tourist where cowboys wandering through the dessert are suddenly on the sandy coastal beach. I was also intrigued by how a woman in the type of clothing most women wore during the Spanish American war would manage to run along a beach.

Galveston does get hit by hurricanes all the time, of course, but Rita looks like another disaster of biblical proportions. Seems like the Gulf coast just can't catch a break this hurricane season. At least it looks like people are taking this evacuation seriously, and my goodness, the government is gonna be prepared this time.

You might call that a silver lining - still looks pretty grey to me, overall.