Hurricane Ike

Ishtim · 16th Sep 2008, 08:59 PM

Now that the storm has exited into the Atlantic, we can start to assess damage.

My brother's beach house (Surfside, Texas about 30 minute drive south of Galveston) was one left standing (sand colored 1 story in the distance of the 1st pic).
The second pic shows the roof of the house that used to be in between the yellow and blue house and his. Notice the deck is also missing from the yellow and blue house. His house is just missing the stairs… One thing that surprised me is the amount of sand that is gone. The big chunks of rock in front of his place are normally buried by dunes about 2m. tall. And you can see where the concrete "rings" around the stilts marks the normal depth of the sand. He said when he rebuilt it, he did it to 210 km/h (130mph) standards/codes. Obviously some others did not.

Ishtim · 16th Sep 2008, 09:05 PM

Aerial photo from national weather service... I annotated it.

Look at all the debris...

Falcone · 16th Sep 2008, 11:46 PM

Wow, quite some damage there. At least the house is still standing.

Btw how's ur site? Did Hurricane Gustav hit Alabama? Hope everything ok there.

Ishtim · 17th Sep 2008, 12:06 AM

Gustav like Fay went onshore closer to Lousiana. Just some needed rain for us...

Adrian Wong · 17th Sep 2008, 12:14 AM

Wow.. 2m dunes and they are all gone?? That is A LOT of sand!

I wonder where they were all blown to...

Frankly, I am surprised that houses built on stilts can survive such a storm. It must have been pretty flexible to stand up to the beating.

jamotto · 17th Sep 2008, 02:49 AM

Wow, that is just amazing.

Here in the Midwest we get spared from almost all of the wrath, but still flooding gave us the most trouble here.

zy · 17th Sep 2008, 10:07 AM

it was very windy here in buffalo, NY on sunday.

winds gusting up to 100km/h ..

was drivign from toronto back to buffalo in my friends chev. prism .. can feel the car being hit by the wind. no fun to drive at all.

Ishtim · 17th Sep 2008, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zy

it was very windy here in buffalo, NY on sunday.

winds gusting up to 100km/h ..

was drivign from toronto back to buffalo in my friends chev. prism .. can feel the car being hit by the wind. no fun to drive at all.

closer to 180km/h as the storm hit... No plans to have power for 1 month.. no internet/land phone lines for 3 months

Adrian Wong · 19th Sep 2008, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zy

it was very windy here in buffalo, NY on sunday.

winds gusting up to 100km/h ..

was drivign from toronto back to buffalo in my friends chev. prism .. can feel the car being hit by the wind. no fun to drive at all.

How slowly did you have to drive?

Trinity · 19th Sep 2008, 09:35 PM

Hope your brother is not screwed on this...

Texas law keeps rebuilding after Ike in limbo - CNN.com

16th Sep 2008, 08:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ishtim Super Moderator Join Date: 14 May 2003 Location: Alabama, USA Posts: 3,765 Reputation: 3333 Rep Power: 43	Hurricane Ike Now that the storm has exited into the Atlantic, we can start to assess damage. My brother's beach house (Surfside, Texas about 30 minute drive south of Galveston) was one left standing (sand colored 1 story in the distance of the 1st pic). The second pic shows the roof of the house that used to be in between the yellow and blue house and his. Notice the deck is also missing from the yellow and blue house. His house is just missing the stairs… One thing that surprised me is the amount of sand that is gone. The big chunks of rock in front of his place are normally buried by dunes about 2m. tall. And you can see where the concrete "rings" around the stilts marks the normal depth of the sand. He said when he rebuilt it, he did it to 210 km/h (130mph) standards/codes. Obviously some others did not.

16th Sep 2008, 09:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ishtim Super Moderator Join Date: 14 May 2003 Location: Alabama, USA Posts: 3,765 Reputation: 3333 Rep Power: 43	Aerial photo from national weather service... I annotated it. Look at all the debris... Attached Thumbnails

16th Sep 2008, 11:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
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17th Sep 2008, 10:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY / Penang MY Posts: 13,336 Reputation: 2158 Rep Power: 41	it was very windy here in buffalo, NY on sunday. winds gusting up to 100km/h .. was drivign from toronto back to buffalo in my friends chev. prism .. can feel the car being hit by the wind. no fun to drive at all. __________________

17th Sep 2008, 12:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ishtim Super Moderator Join Date: 14 May 2003 Location: Alabama, USA Posts: 3,765 Reputation: 3333 Rep Power: 43	Gustav like Fay went onshore closer to Lousiana. Just some needed rain for us...

17th Sep 2008, 02:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
jamotto I'm a regular Join Date: 3 Mar 2005 Posts: 496 Reputation: 269 Rep Power: 7	Wow, that is just amazing. Here in the Midwest we get spared from almost all of the wrath, but still flooding gave us the most trouble here.

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