Whatever happened was really sad....n unexpected....i PRAY for all those who lost thier lives in this hurricane n salute all the people who inspite of this gr8 tragedy have survived n also those people who leaving the comfort of their homes came out to help their fellowmen...this shows the undaunting human spirit to survive and face even the worst of human fears.....god bless.........

this is verey interosting

it is awful what has happened

the poor kitty it must have been so terrified

I have lived through tornadoes but never a hurricane. I have a brother in Jacksonville, Florida who has been in several hurricanes and I worry each time they are in the path of one. I pray that each and every one affected by this terrible tragedy either knew God beforehand or has sought and received God since. God will only put on your plate what you can handle. I know this is hard to believe but I know first hand this to be true. May each and everyone of you be strong and know that God is watching over you. It is a shame that the media is still stuck on Katrina when there are so many good people in Texas that are struggling to survive Ike. May God Bless Texas and all the good people affected!!

this flooding is absolute insanity. I hope this never happens in ontario, but if it does, I hope I own a boat.

Dane Radcliff: Quit being so close-minded and selfish. America is a melting pot based on so many different religions and nationalities and you sound so ignorant when you try to tell other religions that their god does not exist, but yours does. Open your eyes and maybe try taking a walk in someone else's shoes for once before you go about judging their religion. And what about the people who don't believe in a God at all? Maybe they think you're vulnerable for believing everything your parents told you when you grew up or your priest tells you at mass. Think about it.

Devastation the likes I've never seen !!!

Prayers are still needed for the tens of thousands who have lost much to everything, including the lives of loved ones !!!

Horefully we can all pull together: Physically , to help each other
Intellectually, to plan our way out of this
Emotionally to support one onother
Spiritually, to bring us closer to
The Lord God Almighty

I am a resident in Clear Lake/Seabrook, Texas. My girl friend and I live about a mile away from where the "Hilton Hotel" on Clear Lake is located. May I just say.."What a ride"... We suffered damages to our home (fences, siding, roof, brick work etc.) We were out of power for about 14 days or so after the storm made landfall. It wasn't much fun. We kept our spirits up by having some other friends who stayed and road out the storm come by for a BBQ every other day and just made good ole' fashion quiet fun out of it. We were very lucky and my heart goes out to those who suffered even more emotional and physical damage than we did. And Insurance companies are the DEVIL! We are still fighting them ourselves.

it's sad to see all the lost these people had to endure... I hope that everyone is safe and they have familly and friends to rely on... be safe everyone

MARCH 5 2009
WOW

I live in southeast Texas. My family and I were also sufferers of the hurricane Ike damages. Thankfully we were lucky and our home was not any more damaged than the carpet being ruined by the water that came in through the windows. For the people wondering what this must have been like, imagine it as horrifying as you possibly can, and then intensify that by 10 thousand, and then you may be able to see how terrible this was for us. With the threat of hurricane Gustav being a false alarm, I think everyone assumed Ike would turn out the same way, so a lot of people were not properly prepared. I live about 45 minutes from the Crystal beach and Gilchrist area, so I dont know first had what it was like for all the people down at the beach, but as far as Sour lake, Orange, Bridge City, and Beaumont goes, sitting in my living room the night of the hurricane listening to all of the horrifying sounds of debris hitting the dark windows, I knew Hurriane Ike would be something I would tell my children, and their children about. Being a High School student, my whole world was turned upside down. The morning after the storm was over I remember being waken up by my boyfriend and walking outside to what I thought looked like a war zone. There were trees everywhere, my parents and family members were cutting the trees that trapped us in our home with chainsaws, my neighbors were already putting tarps up because of the whole side of their house being ripped off and thrown into my backyard, and everyone around our neighborhood was in a state of utter shock. There were dead animals everywhere, leaves covered the road like paper mache, trees lay everywhere, in the middle of houses, on top of cars, and hundreds were all over the street. I will never forget what I saw that morning, and the weeks that came after without proper food, air conditioning, and hot water. I pray that the residents that have lost their homes get back on their feet successfully, and that we do not have to suffer through another hurricane like Ike any time soon. Thank you to all the men and women who helped Texas get back on track; the electricians that came from all over the nation, the Red Cross, Salvation Army, National Guard, and anyone else who lended a hand when we were in a time of need.

Why doesn't the media give this the attention Katrina got?

these pictures are so sad. my friend sent them to and the moment i saw them i was so shocked because where i live all we got was the wind we were the lucky ones all we lost was our power for about 18 hours.

I am sorry people i hope you recover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These pictures show how lucky are Queenslanders who have escaped the fury of Tropical Cyclone Hamish that formed in the Coral Sea off Cairns around March 4, 2009. It headed south and quickly developed into a severe and dangerous Cat 5 storm. Weather forecasters and media likened it to Hurrican Katrina. It kept about 160 km/100 miles out to sea moving parallel to the coast. Most areas along some 1,300km / 800 miles of coastline experienced only heavy downpours and moderate wind gusts but wild seas have caused severe beach erosion.

After seeing all of this, i cannot avoid to think and question. Why is it that people in the states keep on building houses with materials such as lumber, sheetrock, vinyl? Having past the experience of hurricanes and earthquakes, I would seriously consider using other materials that would stand the force of nature, if not for all the use, at least for the coastal area and the mountains.

if they know ALLAH they will not be sad Allah is the greatest

While I don't live in the hit zone I do live in TX which was not only a hit zone but a place other hit zones came after their states were destroyed...so everybody in TX is affected.

To those of you sending money or better yet rolling up your sleeves & physically helping a fellow human being...bless you.

Take and be strong our govt should help us

POOR KITTY!
POOR PEOPLE!
Awwwww

my picher

that was so sad people lost there homes.

I live in Spring, Tx. We were without lights for 12 days. We only lost food and parts of the fence blew down. Even as late as March people in our neighborhood are still trying to get insurance companies to fix their homes. You can still see blue tarps all over the cities around Houston. When Governor Perry denied money from the stimulus package people wondered why since there are families here that are in need of help. He could not use the money for Hurricane Relief. There were restrictions and I am proud that he did not take the money. One mad Texan that saw other Texans who did not get help like the people in Louisiana.

omg that is like what new orleans looked im really srry for all the people that had to go thought that damn.!!!!!!!!!!

some of this stuff is so sad i hate heakan ike

this is sad and scary

I think that Ike is one of the worst hurricanes everrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

WHAT HAPPEND

oh my gosh!!!!!

damn life is crazy an tripped out

My brother, his wife and her mother had their home in Crystal Beach, Texas as did I. We lost our homes to Ike. We became what's come to be known as "Slabbers". We were and are committed to rebuilding on our property as soon as possible. In fact, we moved back one month after the storm in a couple of RV's long before running water and electricity were available. Monday March 30 we got our building permits from Galveston County. Thank you Mike Sanders and Aron Nance (Signature Homes Seaside Living) for all the hard work!
There has been a tremendous amount of progress made in the past seven months. Restaurants and stores open, utilities restored, others moving back. In an act of asserting who we are and in defiance of the severity of the circumstances we had our Mardi Gras parade as scheduled and it was one of the best ever. Make no mistake about it...The Peninsula IS coming back!!!!!

Im a "surviver" of hurricane ike & rita. I live in orange tx. they call the area "the cove". we lost nearly everything from rita. but determined to go on..almost 3 years to the day here comes ike. my house was 4 feet up off the ground and the flood water still came in. 3 feet deep in the house. fish and shrimp were swimming everywhere. when the water receded it leaves mud -- the mud has an unforgettable smell. one that I will never forget. starting over again.......

love the first pic thats my dads house

all I have to say is WOW

May GOD be with all affected individuals and help you regain your strength to get back to your normal lives as early as possible

WOW

I rode out IKE it was a big mistake i survived but i won't try it again i live on the Bay side (backside) & saw 15 foot waves every second. I had my pets with me (family all left) & stayed by myself, i had ample supplies for several weeks & it turned out i needed them! I am a Grandfather and will not risk it again, Signed Lucky to be Alive! We have already rebuilt.... (7 feet of water in downstairs) but had a 2 story home, which was perfect on top floor Thank GOD!

Ike never will get the media attention Katrina got. The reason is the spin played by the corrupt media: racism and hate for President Bush. I lived through Ike and I could not believe the the lop sided coverage. Our region was devastated by Rita about l month after Katrina; again we were ignored by the media. Now, 3 yrs. later here comes Ike. Despite wide spread devastation, nothing was reported. The media cannot be trusted to report the truth. A spin will be put on whatever makes the best story; in this case, mistreatment of blacks & hate for Bush.

these pics are devestating

I know you are going to think What a selfish person not caring about all of the PEOPLE that didn't recieve help. I really do care about the people and I prayed for them all. But the picture that just broke my heart was the poor little cat terrified up in the tree. I really hope the photographer took care of him after he was found. Poor little guy... :..(

On October 28, 2008 we were finally allowed back to our handicap-accessible home after being in 2 shelters and one hotel. We are both disabled and with a service animal, try traveling during a disaster under those circumstances. When we returned there was no use staying - everything (but a few precious items that survived) so we packed up & moved out of state. We had no idea what had happened to the island because the shelters allowed the unsupervised children to run the televisions - of course we didn't have transportation to a store for a newspaper. However, when we returned to Galveston we witnessed ALL of the terror that our friends and neighbors had to face. People lost jobs, vehicles, homes, everything they had worked their entire adult life for. We are still in contact with these people and STILL F.E.M.A. has left them stranded. The gentleman & staff from MSNBC assisted me in getting help to save my husband who is confined to a powerchair. We were exhausted and frightened at the time, so If you could find out who he was, we owe him our heartfelt thanks.

My heart goes out to each and every one of the many men, women, children and animals who lost their home and loved ones during that awful storm and I do hope that God has blessed them continously over their losses. I used to live on the Mississippi coast 20+ years ago and just seeing the pics of the destruction that Katrina caused broke my heart. When I went "home" is was even worse. I can only imagine what the residents of Texas must be feeling now and then.

Wow. This is interesting.

it look s kewl but really dangerous S:

Wow I feel so sorry for everyone
I give my prayers

My brother moved from Galvenston a few months before Ike and I would call him pretty lucky since there is nothing left but that on house. My grandma actually lives in a city called Vidor about ten or fifteen miles away Orange Texas where the caskets are above ground. My sister and my grandpa live in Houston. Well my sister had just moved from Seabrook back in August so what the pictures show of Seabrook I would say she is very lucky. I am greataful that my no one in my family was hurt or injured.

I try to convince my husband that if A Ike or a Katrina came near us, we would be totally devestated. Pictures do not describe the horror of seeing this kind of destruction in person. I have seen it up front. The idea of a Cat 3 or higher just makes me want to run. I try to convince him that we need FEMA flood insurance. It is relatively inexpensive for the protection. It isn't just for bad weather. Finally got homeowners insurance. That is expensive considering the size house we have. But, it isn't only for bad weather. Hurricane Camille left vivid impressions in my memory in 1969. She was a horror. Ever see a waning moon? If the moon looks warped to you, run like the demon. Frances warped the moon in Palm Beach County 5 days before she hit.

Very nice site!

my prayers r with all of those who went through the IKE trauma. This must have been the scariest moment for all living there.

Looking at these photos has reminded me of the living hell we went through nearly 5 years ago when hurricane ivan destroyed our tiny island. This category 5 pounded us for 36 hours straight with winds that reached over 200 MPH. When it was over, and we ventured outside - the devastation that we found was overwhelming. Everything we knew before the storm was gone, vanished or destroyed. Those memories have been permanently burned into my heart, my soul and my memory. The fear we felt for those 36 hours was like nothing I've ever felt before, and hope never will again. Our family lost our house and nearly all of its contents. I lived out of a suitcase, at times sharing a bachelor apartment with another person for over 2 years. Our next door neighbor couldn't sleep without the stereo on, so we heard the bass all night long - every night. Our island went from a peaceful, safe and friendly community to a crime riddled nightmare and after nearly 5 years some families are still living in tiny trailers, in neighborhoods that have now become slums. I read an earlier comment by someone in Texas wondering where the media coverage was for them ... we wondered that too. There was no coverage for us either, but after all we're just a small island in the caribbean - who cares, right! Our only purpose is to provide you a beautiful vacation spot ... and if our beautiful beaches are destroyed you'll just find another vacation spot!!! Living through this hurricane is no picnic - if I were to give one piece of advice to anyone who thinks they'll just "buy a keg of beer" and ride it out - DONT. Get out and save your money, you're going to need it. The storm is one thing and if you live through that -- the aftermath is where you're real hell will begin.

my god where are u

I live in Houston and am not looking forward to the new hurricaine season. I was lucky enough to sustain no damage from the storm, but the power was out for 14 days. I am considering laying out considerable money to install a backup generator so that I won't ever have to go through that again. People who haven't lived through something like Ike can't picture a city the size of Houston with no gasoline, no street lights, "no nothing" working properly. I will always have a very deep affection and respect for the many workers who drove here from all over the country to help restore our power and get the city up and running. God bless...
bless!

I live in Sabine Pass, Tx. We are a lot luckier than most of our friends and family here. We still had a house to repair. We thought Rita the worst of that could've happened when it passed a few miles east of Sabine Pass in 2005. Three years later Ike reopened our eyes to disaster once again this time it was much worse than Rita. Our home is 10'7" above ground 15'5 above sea level and we had water damage to our floors. Floating debris damaged the cedar siding just above floor level. The town was destroyed, many homes as in the pictures of Crystal Beach only cement blocks and foundation. Thank you all for your help and prayers.

I have family in Lake Jackson, Texas, just 10 miles outside of the Surfside Beach picture with the 523 Bridge flooded. I am so glad that God got everyone through this catastrophic event. For those who did lose their lives-Rest In Peace, my friends. Thanks to the Gulf Coast Coastguards for all their had work and to the many other rescue workers. May God Bless you ALL. Crystal Goodpaster

I have spent many, many enjoyable days in Galveston, Crystal Beach, Gilchrist, High Island, etc.....Bolivar!!!!! I visited the area in October, not quite a month after Ike. The devastation left me breathless and in tears. I literally sat on the ground and bawled my eyes out. I know this is just another bump in the road and it will come back new and improved. The people of these communities are wonderful, hard working, never tiring people who love their area. I am getting married on the beach there this summer....no matter what!!!!!!! I can't think of anywhere else in the world I would want to take my vows! I hope that everyone is faring well and bouncing back. God bless all of you!

My heart went out to all having to survive such a terrible hurricane(Ike). Mother Nature can be aweful ,but she also makes you so very strong. I suvived Hurricane Carla in the 1960's, and I dare any storm to try and break down the spirits of the islander. We are a special breed. what the saying Don't mess with Texas. I know it is hard but many people still pray for the struggles of the world (insurance co., media )and people that cannot understand that there is a God. He just made some a little stronger. Only the strong survive

i liked seeing all the pictures after ike! it showed me what it was really like!!

That is terrible, but honestly, if it weren't for natural disasters, we probably would not get pictures of boats sitting on top of cars... I realize this is not a very high ranking bright spot, but hey, it is a bright spot!

My heart goes out to the good people of Houston who were affected by this tragedy. My hope is this will make them stronger. Everything happens for a reason is small comfort. God bless all of you.

I'm every sad :(

Almost a year since Ike and the area is bouncing back rather quickly! My husband and I lost our business during Rita and had a lot of damage to our home during Ike. Everyone we know lost something but I am proud to be from this area and can think of no other place that has this kind of spirit and resolve! We don't need media attention and celebrity benefit concerts to rebuild our cities and our coastal playgrounds! We have each other, our friends, our neighbors, and Home Depot (of Course)! Galveston and the Peninsula will be stronger and better than ever! For all of you who are not from here and you see these devastating pictures, you ought to take a trip this way and check us out less than a year later! The Texas Gulf Coast is the best place to live!

God this and God that, I'm sick of your god and irrelevant remarks (displaying religious ignorance). Remember the topic here was Ike, not your god, or some muslim's who happens to calls his allah. I always wonder when people say god will do this or that. Or allah did this or that. How in the world do you know that? Did he call and tell you, or you expect us to take your word based upon what your parents and preachers brain washed you with? Grow up and learn to live in peace and love all mankind . Read a little, learn a lot. If I wanted to listen to preaching, I would have tuned into a religious channel on TV. I live in Sugar Land, and god only.brought a tree down on my patio, and almost missed my roof. Or did he?

I lost my son Aaron Ike Aug 21st right before hurricane Ike hit Ohio. He died taking a neighbor boy a ride on his 4 wheeler. The frame broke and the throttle cable opened wide open. He threw the young boy off and and hit a tree and died almost instantly. I miss him so very much. He was 29.

May God have Mercy on us all. Nothing can stop the rage of Mother Nature. Not our best Scientist, Engineers, No one. Respect her because every time we challenge her she comes back more devastating than before. I Pray for those that lost so much. Please don't give up PLEASE

Only God can consoul the people that this mother nature affected. may the soul of the love ones that died rest in peace.

Very nice site!

We went through Ike and survived, you take electricity and the basics for granted until you spend a week without. It is a good way to really get to know your neighbors though. After Ike , the economy tanking didn't seem like that big of a deal.

I have lived in Baytown for only 3 years and when they called for just one of the zip codes to be evacuated i was a little pissed off. Needless to say my house was flooded and it wasnt in that zip code they evacuated! thank god i was at my moms in pasadena and i evacuated anyways thanks to the convincing of my husband. but yanno its so weird, during that period, no lights, no tv, no air conditioning, it was peaceful. i felt closer to my family and i didnt worry about all the stresses in life. strange. so all is well now. going on a year later. we are no closer to getting another house but we arent real sure if we will buy another in this area again.

Ave María
llenes eres de gracia
El Señor está contigo. Bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres
Santa María
Madre de Dios
Ruega por nosotros pecadores
y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre, Jesús
Santa María
Madre de Dios
Ruega por nosotros pecadores
ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte.
amen

I live in LaBelle (on the outskirts of Beaumont) and about 85% of the homes in the area were filled with anywhere from 2 inches to 8 feet of nasty, gross, bayou water. Luckliy, my home only needed minor repairs, but most of my neighborhood is now in the process of being demolished by the county. My sister and my husband's brother both resided in Bridge City and lost everything. They are still not back in there homes due to the fact that they're fighting with insurance, FEMA and SBA just to get assistance. It is pitiful the treatment that they have received. Please send your prayers their way and God please do not make us go through this again!!

wow

I was in Beaumont and Galveston Island for the Disaster Relief . It was a frightening thing to see what a hurricane can do. I live in Florida and we do have hurricanes.
It was a blessing for me to be able to be there in the midst of all the Relief Workers.
I hope and pray all the people have found some closure and can get on with their lives. We served many people , many hurting people. I am with the CDR relief team from Florida. What a blessing to be able to help people in distress. I thank God for this opportunity to be there.

I live three hours from the coast. Six family members lost their homes and several had damage from Ike. They are all still doing fine with their health and are now in homes. We are all families that have prayed for the hand of God to be with us through the years and He has been a faithful one at that. I have survived cancer by believing in His promises. If we accept what He promises He will deliver. He says, if you are obedient to my word you shall have what you ask for. " I never saw a doctor for the cancer and three years later am healthy as a horse. God says, I measure you according to how you measure me. He did a finished work on the cross for you!! He loves you. He didn't come to condemn but to save you from your sins He protects, delivers, counsels, guides,etc If we listen to Him and do what He ask. He's always talking to us. Are we listening to Him?

Very nice site!

I am 98% sure that the cat in picture 18 is our cat. We had two cats that were 1/2 wild that my mother in law brought to us from a bird hunting camp in Hebronville Texas that she worked on when they were kittens. We evaculated them for Rita and we almost lost them both. They can not handle being caged in. We felt they would have a better chance here in the top part of the barn. We lost everything in our house with the exception of the building. The best day was when we finally got to go to our house and one kitty was waiting. Four days later orange kitty showed up. Everything else can be replaced. Who took the picture do you know?

That only wasn't just my cat in picture 18 that was my yard. Sure would like to talk to that photographer. The cat's name is JAWS and he is 12 years old and still going strong. He runs this end of the neighborhood.

Thanks for posting these pictures. Anyone who thinks that hurricanes--or any big-scale storms are nothing to worry about should think again after viewing them. (As I recall, Hurricane Ike was just classified as a Category II.)

very sad. i never even knew this destruction even happened. i knew of the hurricane, but thats about it, i wish everyone effected by this devestation the best of luck. god speed.

These pictures only represent a part of the destruction in our area. It is impossible to show everything. I am a paralegal and do hurricane relief work at the FEMA disaster recovery centers. You just can not image until you have been through it. Rita was aweful..........I lost my house. This hurricane was horrific......but Praise God we are alive and well!!
PS....TRISH .....I am glad your cat is good.....i have 6 cats........we took them with us. However, during Rita I had 5 cats in my house that required rescue. All are ok. They still dont like wind and thunder and hate evacuating like we do.....

It was terrible so many was affected by Ike. I live in Orange, Texas by the Sabine River we got around 3 feet of water in our house, but we are rebuilding

Fue algo devastador no me puedo imaginar como sobrevivieron pero estan bien; mi hermano tambien vive ayi y tuvo que salir, que susto.

WHOA!

no puedo grer destruyo todo el estado completito asta los animales se salieron y adaban en la calle y comm pudo sobrevivir gente y animales con ese huracan que dios nos ugide y se a cabe eso .

While my heart goes out to those who are suffering, I can't help wondering why they keep running back to the certainty of it happening again, like lemmings to the sea.

Why do events like this happen? I don't know, but really grateful for the band of neighbors I live among in the back section of McDade Estates in Conroe. They were brilliant keeping those of us who left town updated on what was happening throughout the storm and the complications to expect on our way back home. Then the whole community banded together to help one another clean up and get each others homes and yards back in order picking up debris and clearing downed trees. Sharing generators to keep the young and elderly comfortable until power was restored. Events such as this build and strengthen the human spirit to care for one another. Do you reckon that is what our creator intended? We tend to loose sight of that when we get complacent with everything going our way and start worring about our own little peavish woes.

I live in Galveston, TX. Yes, this was horrible and so many lost so much. 75% of our structures were damaged or destroyed. But, it has been a year and I look around my city and get emotional when I see all that my fellow Galvestonians have done and how far we have come. Yes, we are still frighting back (but we are fighting back!) We have had wonderful support from all over the country and even the world. Our beaches are beautiful again and tourists (bless them) have returned. We stay and rebuild because it is our home and where we feel connected. Thanks for everyone's support and keep remembering us!!!!

I am Galvestonian. We have 3 hotels in the area, and I think the island has done a wonderful job getting back on it's feet. All of our attractions, have been open since March, 2009, and all but 2 of the island hotels have been up and running since 3 weeks after the storm. One of the tragedies of the storm that haunts us still, is that these pictures are the only ones people see, and they think that the island is still destroyed...it's not! But the fact that the national media still shows only the pictures of devastation after the storm, is keeping people from coming here, which is ruining our economy, and it is making it hard for people to make a living. The most pressing need Galveston has now is to get tourists back. The island has renourished the beaches that were washed out, and stores, restaurants, hotels, the Strand District, and our attractions are all open and waiting for business to return. I hope this message reaches a few people. :)

Living in Beaumont, Texas, during Ike and previously Rita, I can only imagine what a horrible thing it would be to have another major storm hit our area. Trees on roofs, electricity off for many days, debris everywhere, sadness, cost, stress, all that is more than we should ever have to go through again. Why do we all live on the Gulf Coast? Not for the storms, but for the beautiful people who continue to survive and thrive. Fran L.L.

A few months back my daughter & I decided to go to Galveston one night for supper, to look at any devistation we might see, and to find out what all had been accomplished in rebuilding. I was totally amazed on all counts. The food, of course was excellent - Gaido's!!! The signs of some devastation and rebuilding / need for rebuilding were there - The Flagship being the saddest of all. The accomplishments since Ike were astonishing - the beaches rebuilt, the piers back, landscaping, business all open. All I can say is Galvestonians are hard workers that love thier island. I'll be back time & time again.

I keep pictures of the devastation to help me remember that we can rebuild our lives. It shows me how far the disaster areas have come and that as long as there is a will there is a way. I know this was a terrible tragedy, but with God all things are possible. Sometimes we need a wake up call to appreciate the important things in life and that is human lives and that buildings can be replaced but a life is only here once and we need to give thanks to the lord above for his intervention.

I reside in Bridge City, Texas. When Gustav was a threat we had just had twin baby boys on Aug.22. We were evacuated from The Medical center in Port Arthur to San Antonio to the NICU there. Then when that storm didn't do as the weather men predicted we were transfered back. Then comes Ike and be darned if the hospital was NOT going to evacuate again! They said it had cost too much for the previous evacuation and so they were just gonna sit out this one. Man were we FURIOUS!!!! They kept going into meetings until finally I got a call on my cell at 4:57am the morning of the storm asking for permission to get our boys out of there. Well nedless to say were were back off to SanAntonio once again. We stayed there for a little over a month with the babies cause by that time we didnt have the money to return home. My hubby had come back to try to get work to make money to get us home. We arrived home only to find out that we had lost everything and not just from the storm but also the woman that owned our home and her brother. The two had gotten in the home and took whatever we had left!!! Then we found out fema wouldn't help us because the woman had told them she had lived there at the time. She got our check!!! We sued her in court and won thank the Lord!!!! We have finally got ourselves into an apt. A little small for 6 of us but we make due. We are still looking for another house though. My heart and prayers and love goes out to all out there that had to endure the HELL after Ike!!!! :

GOD BLESS EVERYONE IN NEED OF HELP

wow man
das cray

IM SO GLAD IT DID INT HIT ME SO BAD

Here it is in 2009........one thing for sure is i am greatfulwe all made it out alive....i live in deep east Texas..... one thing everone learned was rita was one thingbut ike was hell........but 4 things come out good when the worst hit us....my dog gave birth during the middle of IKE..... and i was so greatful we all made it out alive.....to think of seeing the old oaks being turned over like a kite in the wind was sad ,,,,,,but atleast we are greatful we all alive and well,,,,,,but people in the polk county( TEXAS) area learned they can get hit hard as well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,till this day it hurts to see the scars some people have still................am greatful all we lost was doors fence trees,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and got to rescue some poor puppy riding a log in ................................and the ones that took him in named it IKE JR........................................well IKE JR you keep up the strong hear and toughness of

It's thirteen months later and I am just now finding out the details of the storm, Ike. Recently, I met a man, David Lee Bush, who now lives with his brother in Ohio. That is how we have had the good fortune to meet. David lived in Galveston for both Katrina and Ike. The devastation was so bad from Ike, that he was forced to give up and come back to his birth home in Ohio. Today is the first time that I have seen the phoptgraphs of the damage done by Ike, and the only reason that I took the time to look is a result of the unbelieveable stories I have heard from David Lee. It's true, we didn't get the information about the storm from the media. God Bless all of you! Moon Rose

that sad i was crying when i saw this i am sorry for yall what yall where in if you want to talk to me more emil me to this

I live 8 miles NW of Downtown Houston. That storm was like nothing I have ever experienced and it just went on and on and on. Strangely after the storm passed i thought things would return to normal rather quickly. We didn't get power back for a week. I was unable to get gas for my car for a week. I think I was able to get a bag of ice by hounding the local convenience store for several hours and this was on day 4. My yard was piled with tree debris for 6 weeks. It was weird. My office had power so it was off to work on Monday then back home to a dark house. very strange experience. Hope my last.

I feel bad for the person who ownes that car and boat.