Hurricane Ike: aftermath in Texas

By Sunday September 14, 2008

Photos from the Houston Chronicle.



11 Comments
  1. moss says:
    9/14/2008 at 9:01 am

    Been through a few hurricanes. Don’t miss ’em at all.

  2. admfubar says:
    9/14/2008 at 9:06 am

    you mean it doesnt look like this in texas all the time?
    all kidding aside……. lets hope everyone is safe in the area…..

  3. oh snaps says:
    9/14/2008 at 9:15 am

    In the last pic.. that girl is hott 😉

    I know there are some who thought the same.. don’t lie..

  4. Ron Larson says:
    9/14/2008 at 11:02 am

    Just got off the phone with a friend of mine who lives in Houston, inside the loop. She said it was bad, and still is. She said they are out of food, water, and fuel. And it is raining and starting to flood.

    Her house survived so far, but she is now worried that the extra rain is going to flood the area.

  5. feekes says:
    9/14/2008 at 1:01 pm

    Just want to let you guys know that i am from the Beaumont area, and are going back tomorrow. I will be posting photos of our local damages on NerdNews.tv when I get the opportunity.

  6. Jägermeister says:
    9/14/2008 at 1:09 pm

    If we put aside the human tragedies of this event… This is good for the GDP.

  7. eyeofthetiger says:
    9/14/2008 at 2:28 pm

    #6 Ja:ger are you saying the sushi market is going to blow open wide?

  8. Don says:
    9/14/2008 at 4:28 pm

    Gee, here’s a good idea. Lets spend billions of dollars putting those stuctures right back on the beach so they can be destroyed by the next hurricane to blow through town.

    I had heard about the “Galveston Seawall” before, but had never seen it. I Googled some pictures of it, and was less than impressed. But I guess it helped as the only buildings that seemed to be leveled by the storm surge behind the seawall were the piers out in front of it.

    Good luck to everyone down there trying to deal with the mess.

    Don

  9. edwinrogers says:
    9/14/2008 at 6:45 pm

    Climate scientists predict an average of eight hurricanes a year in the gulf in twenty years time, if their models are correct, due to global warming. They didn’t say whether this was spread out, or over one weekend.

  10. Lou says:
    9/15/2008 at 2:18 am

    Why would anyone would rebuild on the gulf ?
    I think I’d be rolling inland a few miles. Like 200 miles.

  11. B. Dog says:
    9/15/2008 at 8:09 am

    Thanks for the Houston Chronicle pictures, they are exceptionally good. I sent the link from khou to an old friend that moved down to Houston with me for a couple years. We are both monitoring the situation there and I’ll talk about it over lunch with her today. We enjoyed our stay in that city very much, and met many fine folks there, whom I assume are doing well. Houston already has about 1/4 of the electrical power back, the roads and water seem to be on track back to normal. The various people and officials working there seem very dedicated and competent.


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