tonight nbc's janet shamln reports on galveston's struggle to get back to normal. >> the folks probably already ow they have no homes to come back to. >> reporter: when hurricane ike stormed galveston a year ago today, it tore up the town. but couldn't break its spit. >> right now it feels like it abt five years. it just seems like it's been forever to recover. >> reporr: if adone onaso give up, it was tom laon kroux. photogra bedouyy hon chronicle outsideis h restaurant after the storm surge turned it into a filthy boil and he this week in theame spot, his business born anew. >> galveston is coming back and i'm convinced it's going to be better than itwas. >> reporter: a philosophy shared by joe andathleen dinky. they returned to find the home pieces. as they told al roker shortly after the hurricane hit. >> it's going to take one shovel at a time. most people in this situation realize that you can't do it by yourself, no m is an island. >> reporter: the couple has spt almost every day of the past 12 months turning a house back into a home. >> there's a lot ofills and valleys throughou