In my Impromptus yesterday, I recalled my only visit to Galveston, two years ago. I said I had been moved by the memorial to the storm victims — the victims of the Great Storm of 1900, which killed more than 6,000 people. This memorial was sculpted by David W. Moore, depicting a family: father, mother, and child.

Anyway, several readers wrote me to say that the memorial did not survive Ike, over the weekend. I’m glad I saw it. I’m glad there are pictures. It’s not every work of art that sort of gets under your skin, as this one did.