Hurricane Ike in 2008 was all kinds of bad for the Houston/Galveston area. My house suffered some roof dammage and the yard was a mess of branches. The worst part of the hurricane is the storm surge which Ike, as a category 2 hurricane, was not powerful enough to send all the way to my house. Unfortunately, the little Bolivar peninsula across from Galveston Island has a towering elevation of... ...nearly 3 feet. Considering the storm surge for Ike was over 17 feet, you can imagine things didn't end up well at all...
September, 2007
Pre-Ike
September, 2008
Post-Ike
You can find it yourself on Google Earth using these coords: 29°30'45.63"N 94°29'30.94"W
Check back next week to see how a stream becomes a bayou.
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