[Jedidah]

KHOU was scrolling that Crystal Beach and Gilcrist are gone.

[OBXWanderer]

KHOU was scrolling that Crystal Beach and Gilcrist are gone.

Heh, Mrs. Thomas, what percentage of your tax base was from the Bolivar peninsula????

Sleep well tonight, Mrs. Thomas.

[deport]

To put Crystal Beach and Gilcrist into perspective for the forum the following map shows the Bolivar Peninsular. The Hwy 87 insignia is about midpoint of the peninsular and is approximately the location of Crystal Beach and Gilcrist is to the east of that a few miles. This peninsular is narrow with no protection to the gulf. On the east end is High Island where Hwy 124 which turns north to Winnie on I-10 about 25 miles west of Beaumont. Hwy 87 from High Island eastward towards Port Arthur used to exist until another hurricane wipe it out some years ago and it was never rebuilt. I suspect the existing portion of 87 will be heavily damaged after Ike.

To add to the info our local weather man says the storm surge at High Island was 14.25' last night. Thus that would have put the entire consular under water as the surge came inland. The structures were mostly beach cabins on stilts and some smaller associated commercial operations.