hurricane Ike

On September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall in the United States, directly striking Galveston, Texas with winds in excess of 110 MPH. Ike had previously made landfall in Turks and Caicos Islands, Hispaniola, and Cuba.

In the days and weeks after the hurricane, movement to restore things to back to normal was slow due to the severe impact the storm had on the state of Texas and neighboring areas. Estimates are still being made on how much financial impact Hurricane Ike will ultimately have on the United States.

The aftermath of the powerful storm was widely chronicled in the blogosphere.

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• The Archbishop Outlines Which Galveston Churches Are Not Long For This World

  
  Hair Balls — Authority: 635
  The list of Galveston Catholic churches that the Archdiocese wants to tear down is out, and its somewhat grim reading.The Galveston County Daily News reports that Archbishop Daniel DiNardo...
  3 days ago

• Another mess in Texas – lawsuit claims TWIA rigged process

  
  slabbed — Authority: 479
  The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association used prices lower than market rates to estimate materials and repair costs, unfairly limited costs on roof repairs and discouraged reopening closed claims, a League City home-owner alleges in a lawsuit that includes internal TWIA e-mails and documents. “The game is rigged ...
  4 days ago

• State of Emergency – Tropical Storm Ida and Panama City Beach

  
  Panama City Beach Information, News, Real Estate, Tourism — Authority: 134
  Tropical Storm Ida, quickly making her way through the Gulf of Mexico is set to give Mobile and Pensacola a near direct hit tomorrow morning.  Panama City Beach has been overcast with Ida’s girth since early this morning, and we’ve seen wind gusts of up to 20 mph.  We were out on the new Russell-Fields Pier this ...
  6 days ago

• Hurricane Ida Projected Path 2009 (VIDEO)

  
  Free INFO — Authority: 151
  Hurricane Ida Path:Hurricane Ida Projected Path 2009 – Hurricane Ida path and other information on the natural disaster can be found here. Hurricane Ida is currently unleashing its anger on the island of Nicaragua where it has already forced 2,000 people to evacuate and has left many more without ...
  1 week ago

• Track Hurricane Ida Path: Hurricane Ida nearing Gulf of Mexico

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 447
  BREAKING NEWSForecasters say Hurricane Ida has strengthened to a Category 2 storm with 100 mph wind, and a hurricane watch was extended to the Florida Panhandle as Ida made its way across the Gulf of Mexico.The hurricane watch now stretches from southeastern Louisiana to Mexico Beach, Fla. Forecasters at the U.S. ...
  1 week ago

• Murdochs Pier Reopens On Galveston: Take That, Ike

  
  Hair Balls — Authority: 635
  Hurricane Ike has just officially become Yet Another Storm That Couldnt Beat Murdochs Pier.The historic shop, on a pier stretching out over the Gulf, has had a soft re-opening and is expe...
  1 week ago

• Galveston Shriners Hospital now open

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 148
  The Galveston Shriners Hospital, which was closed down after Hurricane Ike and was set to reopen on Monday after a long battle to bring it back, has opened its doors a few days early . Kudos to all involved for getting this done.
  1 week ago

• Hurricane Ida rips into Nicaragua coast

  
  Free INFO — Authority: 151
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua’s Atlantic coast on Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical storm. Ida, clocking 75 mph (125 kph) winds, struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 miles northeast of Bluefields, ...
  1 week ago

• A Writers Whirlwind

  
  The Stiletto Gang — Authority: 125
  With my current publicity photo as proof, you can see that while some authors get writer’s block, I get stumped! Hurricane Ike was due to hit the Louisiana coast near Lake Charles on September 12, 2008. I boarded up the windows and delivered my wife Raejean and our dog to my mother’s house on higher ground. ...
  1 week ago

• Most Viewed Icon

  
  Authspot — Authority: 540
  In a illustration from Person Geographic Programme’s ordinal most viewed icon gallery of 2008, Sylvia Renteria recoils as a woman churned by Hurricane Ike meets a seawall in Galveston, Texas, on September 12. Before landfall, the National Weather Run’s shuddery warnings of “bound alteration” spurred ...
  2 weeks ago

• SOME SUGGESTED UTMB FACULTY SENATE ISSUES

  
  UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! — Authority: 131
  During the course of her Faculty Senate presentation back in September , the current chair, Charlotte Wisnewski, had this to say on slide #40: •    Purpose of Faculty Senate—serve as the representative voice of the UTMB Faculty to the UTMB administration and receive and communicate ideas, reviews, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama Declares Swine Flu National Emergency; Has 1918 Spanish Flu Returned?

  
  Symon Sez — Authority: 429
  1918 Spanish Flu Ward-Is History Repeating? The CDC reports in week 41, 12000 specimens were tested and nearly 5000 came back positive .  The number hospitalizations has risen from less than 500 to over 2500 in the past 7 weeks with a jump of about 67% in the past week alone.  The number of weekly deaths has ...
  3 weeks ago

• Shriners Hospital reopens next month

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 148
  Back in July , delegates at the national Shriners convention voted to reopen the burn hospital for children in Galveston. The date to reopen has now been set for November . The hospital, a world leader in burn research and source of the foremost textbook on burn treatment, is tentatively scheduled to reopen Nov. 8, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Galveston Sees A Racial Split On Plan To Rebuild Public Housing

  
  Hair Balls — Authority: 635
  The public housing in Galveston, like a lot of other stuff on that island, took a pounding from Hurricane Ike.The Galveston Housing Authority has a proposal out that would rebuild the 569 h...
  3 weeks ago

• SHRINERS SCHEDULED TO REOPEN NOV. 9TH

  
  UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! — Authority: 131
  Image via Wikipedia Almost shut by Ike, Galvestons Shriners Hospital to reopen | Bay Area News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle Maxwell said Shriners will no longer rely solely on its trust fund to pay for daily operations, and in addition will begin accepting Medicaid and insurance payments. But Shriners will ...
  4 weeks ago

• Candlelight is Good

  
  rockbridge times — Authority: 119
  I love candlelight and apparently someone else does too. Just read the latest post in An Aesthetes Lament and I couldnt agree more. Candlelight is divine. However, most of the time here in Houston, candles make a room dreadfully hot. Either one must turn the airconditioning way down to defuse the heat. In ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Effects Of Hurricane Ike – Returning to finish construction

  
  Your Ultimate Dallas TX Real Estate Guide — Authority: 124
  It is hard to believe that Hurricane Ike’s effect is still ever present in the Houston/Galveston area one year later. Several members of Woodcreek Church , located in Richardson, TX, are going back to Houston to help rebuild homes. Last year, shortly after Hurricane Ike devastated the Houston/Galveston area, a ...
  4 weeks ago

• ACT Appeal: Emergency Response to Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna & Ike, Haiti, REVISION 1

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 714
  Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland AppealHaitiEmergency Response to Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna & Ike - LAHT81 Revision 1 Appeal Target: US$ 1,429,428Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 5,750Geneva, 15 ...
  4 weeks ago

• UTMBS RESEARCHERS HAVE RAISED $150 MILLION SINCE IKE

  
  UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! — Authority: 131
  Image by debra solomon via Flickr Heres an interesting stat that fell out of a story about UTMBs status a year after Ike.  Researchers paid a terrible price during the UTMB RIF layoffs, and now their productivity is being trumpeted.  One year after Hurricane Ike, UTMB-Galvestons hospital and medical school are ...
  8 weeks ago

• Please Be Aware Of The Past

  
  Texas Liberal — Authority: 564
  Above is a one minute video I filmed in front of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane memorial statue. At the time I shot this video, there was a temporary display up around the statue marking the one year anniversary of Hurricane Ike. In this video, I make the point that I am aware of the past. It is important we be aware ...
  8 weeks ago

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