Attn:  West Galveston Island and friends

MINUTES:  The minutes of our March 16, 2013, meeting is on our website, http://www.wgipoa.com/tx/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/poa346.pdf.

MEETING:  The next meeting will be on April 20, 2013 beginning at 8:30 AM for breakfast burritos and coffee and 9:00 AM for the meeting at the Galveston Country Club, 14228 Stewart Road.

PROGRAM:   Our guest speaker will be Dr. Bill Merrell, the George P. Mitchell ’40 Chair in marine sciences at Texas A&M University, Galveston.  Dr. Merrell will present his “Ike Dike” concept, a coastal barrier protecting the Houston/Gulf region from a hurricane storm surge.                                                                                                                                                                  

Dr. Merrell gave an “Ike Dike” presentation to the WGIPOA in early 2009 not too long after Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston.  The “Ike Dike” presentation we will see on April 20 is the most updated version and is outstanding.  Dr. Merrell has visited the Netherlands since Hurricane Ike to observe the type of surge protection systems they use to hold back the damaging North Sea storms.  Most of the Netherlands is below sea level and they have successfully combated the storm surge problem.

This is a great presentation and involves where you live so please invite your neighbors and friends and come for breakfast burritos at 8:30 AM.

Thank you for your support and we hope to see you on April 20, 2013 at the Galveston Country Club, starting at 8:30 with breakfast burritos and coffee and at 9:00 AM for the meeting.

Jerry Mohn
President