Well....
As I looked at Google Earth just as few minutes ago, the exact center of Ike passed about 1 mile to the west of my mother-and-father-in-law’s place near Cleveland, TX. No doubt, they got damage, but I won’t know how much for a while. Thankfully, they bugged out day before yesterday and are ensconced at my BIL’s place in Lubbock.
Last April, on a day trip we took to the coast, we went through Galveston, driving down Seawall Blvd, and passing all those places we’ve been hearing about all yesterday. I remember a McDonald’s, the parking lot of which was right on the shore. I imagine the place is gone.
Another place I’m wondering about was the large indoor aquarium in a restaurant on the Kemah boardwalk. Lot’s of tropical fish in a huge cylindrical plexiglas tank. If things got as bad as I think they did, I am wondering if it got breached.
Another question: The Battleship Texas on the Ship Channel...anyone have any idea how it fared?
from yahoo article....
Kemah Boardwalk at the mouth of Galveston Bay, ringed by million-dollar homes, was submerged, state officials said.
Nothing on the restaurant, or how deep waters are.