And those who retire under the Galveston model do much better than Social Security.
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The hurricane center's five-day forecast places a landfall anywhere from Galveston, Texas, east to Mobile, Alabama.
In 1900, Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed about 6, 000 people.
According to Galveston's housing authority, there is a waiting list of 1, 200 applicants for public housing.
The ship, which left Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, had been scheduled to return there on Monday.
The Triumph left Galveston, Texas, on Feb. 7 for a four-day cruise to Cozumel, Mexico.
The Triumph left Galveston, Texas, last Thursday and had been due to return on Monday.
Stranded residents have been airlifted from Crystal Beach, Bolivar Peninsula and other communities in the Galveston area.
Some housing advocates say the decline in low-income housing in Galveston has reduced the city's African-American population.
It is in this environment that the 13-year-old Carnival Triumph was trying to sail back to Galveston.
The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history hit Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed 8, 000 to 12, 000 people.
Steve Inskeep talks to Joe Leonard, a Coast Guard lieutenant who leads the agency's response in the Houston-Galveston area.
The Category 4 storm is expected to strike near Galveston, Texas, early Saturday.
Starting at 10:00 in the morning, buses will be ready to depart Galveston with individuals that don't have transportation.
The city of Galveston is especially vulnerable, southeast of Houston on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico.
Passengers can board buses to Galveston or Houston, Texas, or spend the night in a hotel in New Orleans.
The cruise ship left Galveston for a Caribbean tour last week and was scheduled to arrive back there Monday.
Grab a jar of Galveston sea salt to take home as a souvenir.
The blast ignited a fire on a second ship docked in Galveston Bay that was also loaded with ammonium nitrate.
The cruise ship left Galveston, Texas, for a Caribbean tour last week and was scheduled to arrive back there Monday.
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Two weeks later hundreds of people were still missing, mostly from the coastal communities of Galveston, Crystal Beach and Port Bolivar.
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Some families gathered at the Alabama Cruise Terminal, far from where the ship was originally supposed to dock in Galveston, Texas.
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Sunday's fire came as the Triumph steamed about 150 miles off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on the way back to Galveston, Texas.
Or Galveston, Texas, which maintains a huge seawall to avoid the kind of hurricane damage that killed 6, 000 people back in 1900.
And the island city of Galveston itself is almost a ghost town.
Standard Renewable is also building our first biodiesel refinery in Galveston, Texas.
But according to the email sent to passengers on Jan. 28, the issue affected the ship's cruising speeds, delaying its arrival in Galveston.
Sunday's fire aboard the Triumph came as it steamed about 150 miles off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on the way back to Galveston, Texas.
The fire aboard the Triumph came as it steamed about 150 miles off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on the way back to Galveston, Texas.
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