Heard yesterday an older man refused to evacuate Surfside Beach. He was the only one left there. The first thing I thought of when I woke up was if he made it or not. Especially after seeing all the destruction on TV. Well here it is folks. You just gotta love him!!!!!
South of Galveston, authorities said 67-year-old Ray Wilkinson was the only resident who didn't evacuate from Surfside Beach, population 800. He was drunk and waving when authorities reached him on Saturday morning.
"He kinda drank his way through the night," Mayor Larry Davison said.
Some homes were destroyed, but the storm was not as bad for Surfside Beach as Davison had feared. "But it's pretty bad," he said. "It'll take six months to clean it up."
