OT -- Some pics from Galveston during Ike

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 3, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

As I've mentioned, my in-laws live in Galveston. They were there during the hurricane and took some pictures, which I thought were pretty interesting. So I figured I'd share...you can see some after the jump...

This was the Strand in Galveston, before Ike even hit. The flooding was from the storm surge in advance of the hurricane.

Same thing...

Flooding on the Strand in the midst of the storm.

The next day.

Gilchrist, on Bolivar Peninsula.

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Issac's Storm

Anybody else read that book? The final picture is basically how I visualized Issac’s Galveston. Surreal.

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by jparks77 on Oct 3, 2008 11:06 AM CDT reply actions

I read A Weekend in September and loved it

Have you read that one? Is the other one better?

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by Gdawg on Oct 3, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions

I haven't read it

I’ll order it now.

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by jparks77 on Oct 3, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh man

I’ve been out on that road on Bolivar just a couple of years ago. Unreal.

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by FuturePants on Oct 3, 2008 11:21 AM CDT reply actions

Whoever built that house in that last picture

I want them to build mine

by Telegraph on Oct 3, 2008 11:21 AM CDT reply actions

It's still standing......

but would you want to use it now?

by bdavison94 on Oct 3, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions

I think...

Bolivar peninsula is three islands now. So commutes would be a bitch.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Oct 3, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions

Do you recognize the person in the first two photos?

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 3, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes.

Indeed I do. Even hurricanes are afraid of him.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Oct 3, 2008 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions

thats so crazy

it almost looks photoshopped.

baseBALLIN!

by kevzta on Oct 3, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions

unfortunately

I think it’s still totaled.

by SteveP on Oct 3, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions

I heard the lady that owned it on the phone....

interview on CNN I think. Anyway, she said they built it to withstand a Cat 5. Now she wished they hadn’t.

by bdavison94 on Oct 3, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Galveston

I live in Galveston and went down for a couple of days to check on my place. I was lucky, didn’t get a drop of water because of a shopping center in front of me despite living a block from the ocean, but the rest of the island still looked like a complete warzone.

Seawall Blvd is looking relatively decent again. 90% of the restaurants and shops on that road that survived the storm are open for business again (albeit with reduced services of course… since there’s still no drinkable water/working phone lines etc…), but beyond the seawall the whole island is still trashed. Nearly every house had all their belongings lying outside. It’s really like nothing I’ve ever seen before. I really doubt the island will ever fully recover from this.

It’s a shame that because of the financial crisis the media has completely forgotten about Ike’s devastation.

by TRanger on Oct 3, 2008 11:34 AM CDT reply actions

Galveston

This makes me really regret having not been back since I was a child. We vacationed there several times when I was a kid, but i never went back in my adult life.

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by rentz on Oct 3, 2008 11:36 AM CDT reply actions