Will the 2010 Census put Galveston down for the count?!

Hurricane Ike hit our Galveston coast in September 2008, that's right, I said 2008...and it's still in the news a year and a half later?! Now that the U.S. Census is approaching, Galveston could possibly loose millions of state and local funding because the population is below 50,000. All these years later, this once popular Staycation spot is still totally devestated as if the hurricane hit just a few weeks ago! Loosing this money would almost guarantee the residence and business owners will never return to the island. Another example of how government at the local level has absolutely no control. I'm sure the local officials have been requesting federal funding for the city from Agencies like FEMA, but as history proves, waiting on FEMA is like waiting on winter. The U.S Census is saying they will not make any exceptions, even in this extreme case, which is sad. It's 2010, not 1900...why is it taking so long?!