 Christy went into the weekend in the crosshairs of Hurricane Beryl, but the storm had different ideas, drifting more to the northeast and threatening major impacts on Galveston, where Craig Brown is the mayor. We have issued a voluntary evacuation of the west end of Galveston Island. That didn't keep some surfers off the beach. We love to get out there on the waves, get reckless, you know, get crazy. Beryl will quickly weaken back to tropical storm status later in the day, drenching northeast Texas and then Arkansas. Jim Ryan, ABC News, Dallas. From Death Valley Meantime,