Anyone with Google Earth might find it fascinating to surf over what was the shore/coast a few days ago. What is is now remains to be seen.
When I lived in area I took 45 from Houston & would go to points West. Not east except for a couple trips east & never stayed or knew the areas
Amazing amount of homes there & interesting formations of land
My problem wiht Google earth is breaking away. Love it!
Good idea! Google earth is an amazing tool. Those islands to the west of Galveston that the grim reports are coming from...are they part of Galveston Island or separate cities?
From the maps that have been posted, they look like the likely spot for the brunt of the storm. All the storm surge trying to move up into the bay and then back out again would have wiped them out!
Not a place to be in a hurricane for sure!
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/07/storm_tracking_with_google_earth.html