posted by admin on Sep 13
the ferry in galveston to port bolivar
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posted by admin on Aug 24
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posted by admin on Aug 4
hurricane ike destruction in galveston texas 3 1/2 months after ike
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posted by admin on Aug 2
Hurricane Ike’s destruction along the Texas coast.
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posted by admin on Jul 9
Kranthi’s trip to Houston and a visit to Galveston Island
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posted by admin on Jun 26
During the first week of September, 2008 Hurricane Ike tore through the islands of Turks & Caicos and Great Inagua as a category four, with sustained winds of 135mph, before making landfall on the north coast of Cuba as a strong category three, with 120mph winds.
Ike crossed the eastern and central provinces of the Cuban mainland and moved offshore, paralleling the south coast of the island, making another landfall over the western portion of Cuba and emerging into the Gulf of Mexico.
The hurricane continued across the Gulf and made a final landfall near Galveston, Texas as a borderline category two/three, with 110mph winds, during the early morning hours of September 13th.
The hurricane caused extensive wind and storm surge damage in the affected areas, virtually obliterating several coastal communities on the Bolivar peninsula of the upper Texas coast.
With monetary losses over $31 billion (USD), Ike is now ranked as the third costliest hurricane in United States history.
From the afternoon of September 7th through the evening of September 9th, storm chasers Michael Laca, Jim Leonard, Jose Garcia and Max Hagen intercepted numerous outer rainbands, from Hurricane Ike, in the middle and lower Florida Keys, as the storm passed well to the south.
At the time of Ike’s closest point of approach to the Keys, the hurricane was a category one with sustained winds of 80mph and a central pressure of 965mb (28.50in).
Although the center of Ike remained a significant distance (150 miles) to the south, the hurricane had a very large windfield and produced sustained tropical storm conditions (39-73mph), with gusts of near hurricane-force, across most of the Florida Keys, which resulted in some minor wind damage.
These strong winds produced a 2-3ft storm surge in exposed locations on the Atlantic side of the lower Keys. During high-tide, many low-lying areas experienced significant flooding.
Numerous tornadic thunderstorms were also embedded within the outer rain bands of Hurricane Ike and several confirmed reports of tornadoes and tornadic waterspouts have been received from locations throughout the Keys.
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posted by admin on Jun 18
This is Galveston, Port Bolivar, and Crystal Beach a few months after being DEVASTATED by Hurrican Ike. A lot of it is our family’s two little cabins… our family’s history… Pretty hard to lose something you’ve known all your life!
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posted by admin on Jun 6
Just a video of my ferry trip from Galveston to Port Bolivar.
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posted by admin on Jun 5
Our first trip across the Port Bolivar Ferry. It goes from Port Bolivar to Galveston Island.
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posted by admin on Apr 18
Laguna Harbor Bayfront Resort Port Bolivar Galveston County Texas
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