Hurricane Ike Pictures - Finally

I've been promising. So here they are. I guess they aren't as dramatic as the news pictures you've seen of Galveston and Bolivar peninsula, but it's my house, so it's pretty dramatic to me.

Here are some before and afters:

The soccer field near our house, before the storm and after. We got a lot of rain.

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From Hurricane Ike

From Hurricane Ike

Next is the drainage creek/bayou behind our house.

Before:

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After:

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My back yard before the storm:

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And after:

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From Hurricane Ike

From Hurricane Ike

And what it did to our patio:

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Here's our neighbor's house. Their chimney got pushed away from the house. It was probably the worst damage I've seen, so I think we got off pretty light here.

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We saw cars in the ditch

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An empty Wal-mart

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Lots of destroyed boats and marinas

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And lots of lines for ice and water.

From Hurricane Ike