Galveston, TX September 27, 2008: More than two weeks after Hurrican Ike ravaged Galveston Island and east Texas, some Galveston residents are still living in squalor conditions. Patricia Aguilar, 75, of 1911 Avenue N on the east side, has been sleeping on a damp and moldy mattress until volunteers from a church group came by to clear her house of rotten food and furnishings. ©Bob Daemmrich

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