Hurricane
IKE
- September 13, 2008
Crystal Beach & Bolivar Peninsula
| Hurricane Ike made
landfall in the early morning hours of September 13,
2008 as a strong Category 2 hurricane. Hurricane-force
winds extended 120 miles from the center and tropical
storm-force winds extending outward up to 275 miles. The
largest storm surge was estimated at 17 feet -- and
possibly 20 feet in some areas. |
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The destruction
caused by Hurricane IKE
(this is only a small sampling of the thousands of
photos taken after the storm)
Aerial Panoramics of Bolivar
(Interactive 360° X 180° immersive panoramic images)
On-Ground
Pictures of Bolivar-1 (taken September 20,
2008)
On-Ground
Pictures of Bolivar-2 (taken September 20,
2008)
Bolivar
Flyover, Sept 17 (pictures taken by
Vicky Courtney)
NOAA
Satellite Images (taken after IKE passed
through)
USGS photos
(interesting, before and after IKE)
"I keep hearing that Crystal Beach is "Gone."
Hogwash. It isn't gone. Maybe some of the wood and
nails that made up houses are gone...But Crystal
Beach is still there, and it will come back better
than ever." (Sarah Morrison Stephens,
Deatsville, Alabama)
"...like most things,
it wasn’t necessarily the physical structure that makes a place
special but it was the people who lived there." (MR McDermott,
Dallas TX)
 FEMA
Reports
Hurricane IKE Impact Report
December 8, 2008 (.pdf file, 1.12 mb)
Hurricane Ike: Mitigation Assessment
Team Report Recommendations,
and Technical Guidance
Media Library: Hurricane Ike - Texas Hurricane
Ike Photo Essay
Photo Gallery - 3 Years
After Ike
Before Hurricane Ike, our community was populated
with homes, vacation spots, and storefronts. The
devastation ran deep, but we have come back stronger
than before. Click here to see a photo gallery
of various locations on Bolivar comparing the
destruction left by IKE with the look three years
later.
The "Ike Dike"
The Ike Dike is a proposed coastal barrier that,
when completed, would protect the Houston-Galveston
region including Galveston Bay from hurricane storm
surge. www.tamug.edu/ikedike
Books
Here are two books written by Bolivar residents:
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