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13 wrz 2021 · A destroyed vehicle sits along State Hwy 87, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, in Crystal Beach, Texas. The small coastal town suffered catastrophic damage in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
26 paź 2009 · After seeing the first aerials of the devastation on Crystal Beach, there wasn't much hope the couple could have possibly survived. Most homes were washed away and nothing but the stilts...
Southeast of Houston and across a narrow span of water from Galveston, the Bolivar Peninsula bore the brunt of Ike’s destructive power. These photos of Crystal Beach, Texas, a community on the Bolivar Peninsula, illustrate just how much damage a storm surge can cause.
Crystal Beach, a populous community located roughly at the midpoint of the peninsula, was submerged and destroyed; [12] [31] [33] waves and wind pounded houses, and even some houses elevated on 14-ft (4.3–m) stilts rolled into the waters. [12]
12 wrz 2018 · Debris is scattered around a restaurant, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, in Crystal Beach, Texas on the Bolivar Peninsula. The small coastal town of nearly 1800 residents suffered catastrophic damage...
13 wrz 2023 · It’s a tiny collection of communities—Crystal Beach, Port Bolivar, Caplen, Gilchrist, and High Island—only a 20-minute ferry from better-known Galveston Island. The peninsula is a gateway between two Texas worlds, where Cajun Country blurs into the diverse, cosmopolitan circles of greater urban Houston.
Hurricane Ike (September 2008) Bolivar Peninsula Damage Photos. Bolivar Peninsula. (photos courtesy of NWS HGX and Galveston County OEM) ~caution: some of these images are very large~.
