Houston Chronicle, Nov. 3, 2008 Eric Berger, the Houston Chronicle's "SciGuy," toured the Galveston National Laboratory in advance of the dedication scheduled for Nov. 11. "First off, let me say that if I'm ever stuck on Galveston Island during a hurricane, I'd probably want to be inside this facility," he said. "Yes, it seems daft to build a nearly $200 million facility with the world's deadliest biologicals in hurricane country. But the reality strikes me quite differently. In fact, there's an advantage that comes from being able to know a couple days in advance of a hurricane's threat. This offers time to lock down the lab, which simply wouldn't be possible in an area threatened by tornadoes or earthquakes."