The pictures below were taken in Galveston the summer of 2006. In the pictures below you will see that this house is now GONE!
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Tomball Business and Professional Women hold a Ways and Means committee retreat every July at one of our members beach house in Galveston. Our member was fortunate in that her house remained intact. Everything below the house blew out. She said when she came back it was so clean it looked as though it had been swept with a broom. She did have a baby sting ray swimming in the pool. It unfortunately ended up being a casualty also.
She is doing a wonderful job getting her house back in order but as you can see from the pictures her neighbors house did not fare as well. These pictures give a visual representation of the devastation that Hurricane Ike caused to Galveston Island.
The pictures below were taken in Galveston the summer of 2009.
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I grew up in Tornado country not Hurricane country but the way this picked and chose it reminds me of the devastation after a tornado.
Hi Marchel,
Very good documentation for Hurricane Ike. Living in So Cal, the only real weather we have is when the marine layer creates fog and it hardly rains even in the winter months.
Wow. I feel so lucky that all we have to think about is the occasional shake-Dinah Lee
You guys really live on the edge i don't know if i could do it !
Awesome photos. We don't get many hurricanes around here, thankfully.
I don't see a difference in condition. I do remember all the news reports.
I'm glad that the hurricane season has been so calm this year. These areas need a break to recover.
Marchel, I have lived in tornado country, (GA), and up in New England with both. I am relieved this season so far has been quiet on that front, but we are getting slammed with some damage causing storms this summer. Nothing like that however. Nature sure can be furious.
WOW!
So is that pool completely under water after it hit?
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Hi Marchel, Good post. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow, like it was never there. How sad for those people.
WILLIAM, If I was going to live anywhere else it would be San Diego. I LOVE it there. Now if we could only afford to live there.
DINAH, This was only a Category 2 hurricane also. At least you can prepare for hurricanes whereas tornadoes just hit and miss.
LIZ, We have been here 12 years as this is the first big hit for us so at least they are not frequent.
SAL, We don't get many hurricanes either but when they do hit they are devastating.
ANGELIA, The house in the top picture is now gone. I should have been a little more clear about it so added a note about it being missing. When I took the picture in 2006 all those people were out there having a good time and now it is totally GONE.
Marchel, what a devastating thing to happen, the force of Nature can be so huge the human mind can barely comprehend it. We spent a week in a beach house in Galveston in 2007 and now that house is gone too.
Wow what a neat place to come to after a long day at work
Shelton
Marchel, I could not imagine going through something like that, though that sting ray would have been a cool thing to have.
Looks like the pools got a little more water than needed. Thanks for sharing.
Marchel, It's a frightening sight. I believe here we're overdue for a huge hurricane and fortunately the ones in the past that I can remember were not that bad all things considered. Still, they have no way off Long Island and no provisions for our pets. I find that a bit pathetic that all states can't make provisons for our animais.
Howdy there Marchel
I lived right in Tornado alley back home, and got to see Hurricans first hand when I lived in Florida. We won't go into about Monsoons. I'd take a Tornado over the other two any day.
No matter which one it see, some folks always in up on the losing end of them. That sure is the bad side of them.
Thank you, for showing us the photos.
Marchel, it's amazing how "hit and miss" the hurricanes can be. Great photos...;-) I simply CANNOT imagine living with something so horrific heading my way.
Marchel,
Much of the damage from hurricanes is from the tornadoes that they spawn. Storm surge is violent also. :)
Steve
Its a shame. I think we tend to forget because it has been a few years.
Marchel - In Sacramento we don't worry so much about hurricanes and tornadoes, it's flooding we are mainly concerned about! However, I have family in Kansas, and they have told me war stories about the tornadoes they've endured. Every area of the country has its beasts to deal with:-)
The pictures in Galveston are a testiment to the amazing human spirit that allows us to rebuild!
How sad for those folks who lost their homes. I can't imagine what it would be like to live thru a hurricane like this....terribly frightening I would guess.
Debi
JOHN, I hope the hurricane season stays slow all season. Typically we have had at least a few heading towards the US and it has been a welcome relief.
ANDREA, I grew up in Kansas which is of course the heart of tornado country. I well remember those tornado sirens going off.
CHARLES, You can't tell from the picture but the entire yard was GONE and it was below the sprinkler system.
SASHA, Thanks for stopping by!!
RICKI, I couldn't remember what the house looked like so went back to look at pictures and yes that is how I felt also. As you can tell from the pictures they were having a great time at the house that weekend back in 2006.
GAIL,It is so sad at all the homes that were devastated from the hurricane.
SHELTON, It is a wonderful beach house and my friend feels very blessed that she came back to a house.
GEORGE, The poor sting ray ended up being a casualty. I can't imagine that it ended up in the pool; how amazing!
CARON, It was amazing that the pool didn't have more damage than it did.
CAROLE, Since our daughter now spends about 1/3 of her life in the NCY/Queens area here's hoping you continue to be missed!!! She spends another 1/3 somewhere in the world and the last 1/3 here in Texas.
DALE, I'm originally from Wichita Kansas and that is Tornado country!!
TERI, I didn't realize that hurricanes were hit and miss like tornadoes until we lived it.
STEVE, I'm sure there were tornado's that did some of the damage. I think that happened right here in our own subdivision.
JOHN, We are just approaching the one year mark of Hurricane Ike and you can still see the signs all around. Many homes still have tarps on the roof. I guess they can't afford to get them fixed.
MYRL, I remember those tornado sirens going off in the middle of the night in Kansas and running over to our neighbors storm cellar.
DEBI, We are two hours south of the coast and got knocked around pretty good!!
"Mother Nature" can be a mean angry mother!
Hello again,
Wow! I am feeling so nostalgic reading about the places I used to know so well! We lived in southeast Houston for 15 years and went through many hurricanes preparations.
Great pictures. Thanks for the posts.
I grew up in Texas and went through many hurricanes. Interestingly, though, I've never seen a tornado.
Marchel,
I live in tornado country....
Ann
We have lots of little earthquakes here each year -- the last big one was in 1869 -- but I cannot imagine living in an area that is subject to hurricanes and tornados each year.