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A horse grazes beside a house,
surrounded by floodwater, near Winnie, Texas after Hurricane Ike, Sunday,
Sept. 14, 2008. Ike was the first major storm to directly hit a major U.S.
metro area since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005. (AP
Photo/Pool, Smiley N. Pool)
Image of Hurricane Ike on
September 10, 2008, taken by the crew of the International Space Station,
flying 220 miles above Earth. Ike barreled into the densely populated Texas
coast near Houston early September 13, 2008, bringing with it a wall of water
and ferocious winds and rain that flooded large areas along the Gulf of
Mexico and paralyzed the fourth-largest U.S. city. (REUTERS/NASA/Handout)
Ike passed over Cuba and
Haiti prior to its landfall in Texas. This is a view of the flooded waterflont
in Baracoa, eastern Cuba on September 7, 2008. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
This image from September 8,
2008 was provided by the U.S. Navy. Homes seen in Port De Paix, Haiti remain flooded
after four storms in one month have devastated the area and killed more than
800 people. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) has been
diverted from the scheduled Continuing Promise 2008 humanitarian assistance
deployment in the western Caribbean to conduct hurricane relief operations in
Haiti. (Emmitt Hawks/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
The surge before the storm
swamps Galveston Island, Texas, and a fire destroys homes along the beach as
Hurricane Ike approaches Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/David J.
Phillip)
An alligator is seen crossing
a road in Sabine Pass, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, as the area recovers
from the effects of Hurricane Ike. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Flooding over access road 523
to Surfside beach, caused by Hurricane Ike forming in the Gulf of Mexico, is
seen near Surfside Beach, Texas September 12, 2008. (REUTERS/Carlos
Barria)
Homes and businesses on the
Clear Creek Channel in Seabrook are surrounded by rising water from Galveston
Bay on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 after Hurricane Ike passed through overnight
as a Category 2 storm. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin M.
Cox)
With Hurricane Ike offshore,
Michael Gardner walks in high water in front of a burning marina warehouse in
Galveston, Texas, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Fire fighters could not reach the
structure so they allowed the structure to burn. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
People ride in the back of a
pickup truck through floodwaters from Hurricane Ike Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 in
High Island, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
A single home is left
standing among debris from Hurricane Ike September 14, 2008 in Gilchrist,
Texas. Floodwaters from Hurricane Ike were reportedly as high as eight feet
in some areas causing widespread damage across the coast of Texas. (David J.
Phillip-Pool/Getty Images)
An overturned car sits in
floodwaters from Hurricane Ike September 14, 2008 in Gilchrist, Texas.
(PHILLIP/AFP/Getty Images)
A house sits among debris,
piled up by storm surges after Hurricane Ike made landfall September 14, 2008
in Crystal Beach, Texas. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP/Getty Images)
Flooding from Hurricane Ike
inundates a high school football field in the town of Delcambre, La. Saturday,
Sept. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Alan Hannon, pool)
Hurricanes can leave strange
debris, from winds, waves, or fleeing residents. Here, an animal skull and
antlers are seen in the middle of the road after Hurricane Ike in Bridge
City, Texas., Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Oil slicks in floodwater
surround a pumpjack September 14, 2008 in High Island, Texas. Hurricane Ike
made landfall yesterday morning at Galveston causing widespread wind and
flood damage along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. (Smiley N. Pool/AFP/Getty
Images)
Eddie Settlocker assesses
damage caused by Hurricane Ike at an apartment complex he manages September
14, 2008 in Galveston, Texas. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A cat looks down from a a
tree in the flooded West End section of Galveston, Texas, after hurricane Ike
hit the area Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Greg Schenck struggles to
remove debris from a drain on North Main Street just north of downtown
Houston after the passage of Hurricane Ike, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. (AP
/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool)
A woman walks through a
flooded neighborhood street, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, in Orange, Texas.
Hurricane Ike’s surge overcame the levee along the Sabine River that flows by
Orange causing widespread flooding to the city. (AP Photo/Tony
Gutierrez)
A man inspects the damage in
front of the JP Morgan Chase Tower after Hurricane Ike passed through the
city September 13, 2008 in Houston Texas. Hurricane Ike made landfall in the
middle of the night causing widespread damage. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty
Images)
A building maintenance worker
walks over shattered glass from windows blown out by Hurricane Ike on the
JPMorgan Chase tower Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J.
Phillip)
A cemetery flooded by storm
surge from Hurricane Ike is shown, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, in Galveston,
Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The Hollywood Community
Cemetery is seen with several caskets scattered about after surfacing due to
flood waters caused by Hurricane Ike, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, in Orange,
Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Search and rescue workers
drive down a flooded road as they search the Sabine Pass area of Port Arthur,
Texas, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 following Hurricane Ike. (AP Photo/Eric
Gay)
A house burns uncontrolled in
a flooded neighborhood as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas coast, Friday,
Sept. 12, 2008, in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
A bulldozer clears debris
along Interstate 45 after Hurricane Ike hit September 13, 2008 in Galveston,
Texas. Hurricane Ike has caused losses of between eight and 18 billion
dollars, according to early estimates from risk assessment companies on
September 13, 2008. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Air Force Pararescueman
Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts, assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group,
receives a hug from a resident during search and rescue operations after
Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas September 13, 2008. (REUTERS/U.S. Air Force
Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr./Handout) |
