How many people are being evacuated from Galveston as Hurricane Ike approaches?”
Fifteen months ago, Paul Ray and Donna Heinrich had a view of the water from the porch of their house in Gilchrist. These days, they overlook a row of rundown trailers and a pot hole-filled road in Hitchcock. That suits them just fine. Because for the first time since Hurricane Ike washed their house away — not to mention all of their belongings — the Heinriches are homeowners again. On Thursday, they became the 53rd family in the county to purchase their Federal Emergency Management Agency mobile home from the government. They bought the two-bedroom temporary housing unit for about $3,000, but the peace of mind it brings was priceless. For the Heinriches the mobile home is not the place they will stay in their retirement years. In fact, Donna Heinrich is hoping to be in a new home “within six months.” It is, however, a temporary respite as they wait for the county to launch its property buyout program and the couple fights with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Their land in
The effects of Hurricane Ike in Texas were crippling and long-lasting. Ike’s effects included deaths, widespread damage, and impacts to the price and availability of oil and gas. Hurricane Ike also had a long-term impact on the U.S. economy.[1] Making landfall over Galveston, at 2:10 a.m. CDT[2] on 13 September 2008, “giant” Hurricane Ike caused extensive damage in Texas, with sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h), a 22 ft (6.8 m) storm surge, and widespread coastal flooding.[2][3][4] More than 14,000 people in the Houston area had failed to evacuate,[5] partly due to fears of multi-hour traffic jams as during Hurricane Rita, but over 940 were rescued from rising waters,[2][6] and nearly 2,000 rescued afterward.[5][7] Contents [hide] * 1 Hurricane preparations * 2 Surge measurements * 3 Aftermath o 3.1 Bolivar Peninsula and southern Chambers County o 3.2 Galveston o 3.3 Houston o 3.4 Texas City o 3.5 League City o 3.6 Kemah, Seabrook, Taylor Lake Village and El Lago o 3.7 Clear Lake an
