Hurricane Ike

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After Hurricane Ike LET THE PICTURES DO THE TALKING. HURRICANE IKE HIT HOUSTON AS A CATEGORY 2. WINDS AT 100 MPH. 1 of 47: Allen Parkway is under water. (ABC13 reporter Elissa Rivas) 2 of 47: This is what Hurricane Ike left behind on the Galveston Causeway. (ABC13 Reporter Eric James) 3 of 47: Two manholes were backed up spewing water and starting to flood parked cars on Clinton near Jensen. (ABC13 reporter Elissa Rivas) 4 of 47: Hurricane Ike left considerable damage in Surfside Beach, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) 5 of 47: Blown out windows at the JPMorgan Chase ... Read Full Story
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Hurricane Ike ravaged Galveston, Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and huge wind gusts as residents that stayed behind, realized they should have evacuated. These stragglers made futile calls for rescue. So far the damage from Hurricane Ike is not known. Authorities are not certain just how many people may have perished as the worst of Ike was passing over the Houston-Galveston area. But even before daylight arrived, damage was extensive. Thousands of homes and buildings were flooded, and 2.9 million people lost power. Your Ad Here Everyone’s greatest fear was the tens of thousands of people that defied the evacuation ... Read Full Story
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Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning, racing against time to save those who spent a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses , strewn debris and downed power lines. One team of paramedics, rescue dogs and structural engineers fanned out under a nearly full moon on a finger of land in Galveston Bay . To the northeast, Coast Guard crews also worked into early Sunday morning, pulling a half dozen people out of Bridge City before rescue missions were suspended for the night. Authorities hoped to spare thousands of Texans — 140,000 by some estimates who ignored orders ... Read Full Story
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By the early morning hours of September 4, Hurricane Ike was a Category 4 hurricane, hitting its peak with 145 mph (233 km/h) winds and a pressure of 935 mbar (27.61 inHg) over the open Atlantic Ocean. That made it the most intense storm so far in the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. At one point the diameter of Ike's tropical storm and hurricane force winds were 450 and 190 miles (720 and 305 km), respectively. The world watched in horrible anticipation as Ike was tracked toward landfall on the Gulf Coast. After its devastation on Haiti, Ike slammed into Galveston, Texas at 2 am ... Read Full Story
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09/12/08: 07:00 CDT/12:00 UT: Large and Dangerous Hurricane Ike Approaches Upper Texas Coast. Hurricane Ike Intermediate Advisory number 45a NWS TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami Fl al092008 700 am CDT Fri Sep 12 2008 Large and dangerous hurricane Ike approaching the upper Texas Coast... A hurricane warning remains in effect from Morgan City, Louisiana to Baffin Bay, Texas. Hurricane conditions are expected to reach the coast in the warning area later today. Preparations to protect life and property in the hurricane warning area should be rushed to completion. A tropical storm warning remains in effect south of Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield, Texas. A tropical ... Read Full Story
 
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Galveston Island one year after Hurricane Ike. The magnitude of this storm and the destruction it caused on Galveston and the Bolivar Peninsula. Galveston is recovering and visitors are returning. The bays are clean and the fishing is still outstanding.Contributor: Alan PereyraPublished: Nov 23, 2009  
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Sales contracts for the first 23 beach-front properties whose owners completed buyout agreements with the city show wide disparities between the values set by private appraisers and those listed by the Galveston Central Appraisal District. On average, the city paid 89 percent more for the houses damaged by Hurricane Ike than the appraisal district said they were worth before the storm.On average. Hmm. I'll bet somebody made out like a bandit...  
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Angelina County's share of $208.8 million in the second round of Hurricane Ike recovery funding is uncertain after a government housing agency rejected Gov. Rick Perry's plan for putting that money to work.  
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HOUSTON - Neighborhood Centers Inc. (NCI) announced that five families in its Stay Connected program will receive much-needed refurbishments to their homes after damage from Hurricane Ike. The project is part of NCI’s ongoing partnership with ARAMARK, a global le  
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HURRICANE IKE: Nature’s Force vs. Structural Strength (PDF; 2.7 MB) Source: Institute for Business and Home Safety Property valued at approximately $9 trillion sits along the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts from Texas to Maine. These vulnerable communities must do more to adapt to their perma- nent natural surroundings – which are beautiful most of the time, [...]  
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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Residents of Galveston County, Texas, who are still rebuilding from Hurricane Ike now have the opportunity for additional financial help through a federal grant program. The county has selected Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE:ACS) to administer the relief program under a two-year contract. The program will award grants to fund repair, replacement and relocation for homes and rental property damaged from Hurricane...  
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Associated Press - November 17, 2009 9:55 AM ET TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - Nearly 400 tickets have been issued to people who can't seem to stay away from a Hurricane Ike-damaged dike in Texas...  
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