Continuing coverage: The morning after Hurricane Ike crashed into Galveston Island six years ago, Dr. David Callender surveyed the sea of mud coating the 84-acre UTMB campus. The UTMB president saw oak tree limbs blocking the doors to John Sealy Hospital, which would be knocked out of service for the rest of the year. The 13-foot storm surge caused $1 billion in damage, plunging UTMB’s finances into the red and prompting the layoffs of nearly 3,000 workers. A consultant even recommended that the hospital be moved off the island, an idea that found favor with the UT Board of Regents and a few legislators. Six years later, UTMB is not only off life support, it appears to have made a full recovery. The article also appears in the Bryan-College Station Eagle, the Bellingham Herald, Democratic Underground, KXAS-TV (NBC, Fort Worth), Modern Healthcare, San Antonio Express-News and the Washington Times.