Ike

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

I don't quite understand the people on Galvinston Island who stayed during the storm.

I survived Hurricane Andrew, stayed and experienced the problems afterward. But we didn't have a flood threat.

Galvinston Island was told the Storm would push the water over the entire island.

I would think after the New Orleans incident that people would learn...!

Maybe next time, HUH...

[ATRH2]

Whats left of Ike moving through here now - central Ohio.
70mph wind gusts - trees down everywhere

[audiofetish]

This was my cousin’s beach house in Crystal Beach. I used to live next door when I was a kid. We stayed during Alicia in 83. That was bad enough I couldn't have imagined this. I was out there a less than two months ago. This is just insane!

[KenP]

Oh my!

[2-H2's]

All of the Kemah boardwalk photos are 2 miles from our house...

http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20peo...sent%20me.html

[KenP]

Originally Posted by 2-H2's

All of the Kemah boardwalk photos are 2 miles from our house...

http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20peo...sent%20me.html

Is your home still standing?

There was an article that talked about how many homes still standing will be condemned even if they are repairable because the dune line has moved back so far.

Here:

The reason: A 1959 law known as the Texas Open Beaches Act. Under the law, the strip of beach between the average high-tide line and the average low-tide line is considered public property, and it is illegal to build anything there.

Over the years, the state repeatedly has invoked the law to seize houses in cases where a storm eroded a beach so badly that a home was suddenly sitting on public property. The aftermath of Ike could see the biggest such use of the law in Texas history.

http://www.reporternews.com/news/200...ms-from-homes/

[2-H2's]

Originally Posted by KenP

Is your home still standing?

There was an article that talked about how many homes still standing will be condemned even if they are repairable because the dune line has moved back so far.

Yes sir home intact...we are about 2 miles inland near Kemah / Seabrook. No flooding only minor tree damage. Our damage was minor compared to most. The Kemah Boradwalk was completely flooded...some of the best seafood in the world was served there


There is an H-2 in the ditch outside our subdivision someone tried to drown...appears to be an insurance job or a Hummer hater

A 1959 law known as the Texas Open Beaches Act. Under the law, the strip of beach between the average high-tide line and the average low-tide line is considered public property, and it is illegal to build anything there. Some may lose their homes...without compensation.