Hurricane Ike - The storm that nearly destroyed Galveston
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- Опубликовано: 11 апр 2021
- It's September 7, 2008. Hurricane Ike is barreling through the Gulf of Mexico towards the Texas coast. Preparations begin as the storm grows closer with every passing hour. By September 11, forecast models show Ike making landfall just south of Galveston. With the situation growing increasingly hectic, the National Weather Service issued a dire warning stating some residents of coastal Texas faced certain death if they did not evacuate. The warning proved to be enough for 1 million coastal residents to flee, but 100,000 chose to remain and ride out the storm in their homes and businesses. Most oil refineries in Texas are closed in preparation for the storm, causing a large spike in the price of gas nationwide.
Evacuation efforts and prep work continued throughout September 12, until the rising storm surge hampered efforts on the island. The storm surge eventually topped the 17 foot high Galveston Seawall at around 4 pm on September 12. On the morning of September 13, Ike slammed into the Texas coast, making landfall over the east end of Galveston Island. Widespread flooding soon began, with downtown Galveston’s courthouse being under 6 feet of water. The Lone Star Flight Museum suffered catastrophic damage as 8 feet of water swept through the buildings and hangars.
The famous Balinese Room, home to performances by the likes of Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sinatra was swept into the ocean. The Flagship Hotel was battered by the storm, but survived thanks to its concrete pylons. Despite surviving the storm, the hotel was deemed to be a total loss and was later demolished. The historic Galveston Island Trolly was also heavily damaged and never reopened after Ike.
As a shelter of last resort, Ball High School was home to some 200 residents of the island as they tried to ride out the storm in safety. All who stayed at the school during the storm would survive, and were later evacuated to San Antonio.
Ike forever changed the landscape of Galveston Island. Historic buildings were destroyed and the storm led to 84 fatalities in Texas alone. At the time Ike was the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history only behind Katrina. 
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How tall of a wall did they need to save everything?
The rail trolleys are back & running now
It took my mom 12 hours to get out of Galveston and I'm glad my mom survived
Wow, I'm glad she was safe! No question the evacuation was horribly executed. Can't get 50,000 people off an island in that time span.
I hope the next evac is orchestrated better with what they learned. Here's how I would do it.
Every available bus in Houston. Each one, escorted by GPD announcing free bus evac on the PA, combs every residential street every 30 minutes.
Reward system for people evacuating that use empty seats to bring people out of the impact zone.
Buy out the gas from every station on the island. Free gas to everyone helping others get to safety.
I know most of these ideas are not great, but if there are better ideas let me know. When it's a race against death, saving a life isn't that expensive
The trolleys will come back. The city of Galveston is committed to bringing them back. I believe the shells are being rebuilt by a firm in Indiana.
saw them testing
They are back!! Saw them running this weekend! They only run on the weekends, and it's $1 to ride!
I know this video is two years old by the time of my viewing. But Galveston just reopened the old trolley lines!
I remember it was pretty bad.
Fun fact: I was born in that hurricane I was supposed to be evacuated but they had decided not to
It is now 2021 and it's known as ghetto Island
It can definitely be ghetto in some areas, but Galveston has such good history and culture
in 2022, I can confirm its flooded by illegals, tourists, and gangbangers now.
Galveston has some parts that is ghetto but it’s more history and beach and places people travel to. It’s not to bad
l m a o have you thought of doing a routine?????
You obviously not stayed at the Grand Galvez