The effect of Hurricane Ike in Texas is paralyzing and lasting. The effects of Ike include death, extensive damage, and impact on oil and gas prices and availability. Hurricane Ike also has a long-term impact on the US economy. Making a landing over Galveston, at 2:10 AM CDT on September 13, 2008, Category 2 Hurricane Ike caused extensive damage in Texas, with continuous winds of 110 mph (175 km/h), storm surge of 22 m (6.8 m) , and the widespread coastal flooding.
More than 140,000 residents in the Gulf Coast hazard zone on the Ike line have failed to evacuate, in part because of traffic jam worries for hours like Hurricane Rita, but more than 940 people were rescued from rising water, and nearly 2,000 were rescued afterward. On December 27, 2008, 37 people were known to have lost their lives in Texas because of Ike while hundreds more were still missing.
The storm had come to the mainland a few hours before dawn with a 110-mph (110 miles) wind and towering waves, pushing ships ashore, destroying houses, flooding thousands of homes, crashing windows in Houston skyscrapers, plucking trees, and cut power to millions of customers (estimates range from 2.8 million to 4.5 million subscribers) for weeks or months.
Some people survived by punching holes in the attic, climbing onto a roof or tree, using the nearest boat, or floating in debris until it reached a solid ground.
After that, an estimated 100,000 homes have been flooded in Texas, and many boats have been stranded on shore. Galveston declared uninhabitable, and Houston imposed a long night curfew due to limited electricity.
Video Effects of Hurricane Ike in Texas
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On September 8, Texas State Governor Rick Perry announced 88 states of Texas as a disaster area in preparation for Hurricane Ike, expected to hit the Texas coast on Saturday morning, which included putting 7,500 troops of Texas Army troops on alert. The Texas County of Brazoria called for a voluntary evacuation and the Matagorda District called for mandatory evacuation as did County of Brazoria for the postal code 77541 and the town of Lake Jackson. Galveston, southern Houston and southern areas of the city and near the Texas coast are under mandatory evacuation orders beginning on the afternoon of September 11.
On September 10, US President George W. Bush made an emergency declaration for Texas before Hurricane Ike, making more federal aid available for preparation and evacuation.
The country's rural water association activated a joint aid network to prepare for the landings of Hurricanes Hanna and Hurricane Ike while still providing relief to areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. The Texas Water Association of Rural States held a meeting with state agencies on Tuesday, September 9, to plan a landing along the Gulf coast of Texas.
On September 11th, forecasting models began to show Ike making the mainland in southern Galveston. City Manager Steve LeBlanc on Wednesday night issued a mandatory evacuation order for the low western tip of Galveston Island. Then, the mandatory evacuation order is extended to the entire Galveston island, as well as the lowland areas around Houston, Texas. The mandatory evacuation is not limited to Houston and Galveston only. The mandatory evacuation is also ordered for Jefferson, Orange, and Chambers County located east of Houston. In addition, evacuations must be ordered for residents with special needs and they are registered with 211 in Jasper and Newton districts. Voluntary evacuations apply to Hardin and Tyler and the rest of Newton and Jasper counties.
Also on September 11, at 8: 19.00 (CDT), the National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston, TX issued a harsh bulletin about storm surges along the Galveston Bay coastline. The bulletin suggests people living in single-family homes on some parts of the Texas coast may face "certain deaths" if they do not heed the order to evacuate. Reports say as many as 40 percent of Galveston residents may not pay attention to warnings. It is feared to be the same in Port Arthur.
Crude and gas prices are rising in hopes of damaging several oil refineries along the South Texas coast, or at least delaying production from oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Maps Effects of Hurricane Ike in Texas
Tide measurements
Landfall was predicted near Freeport, Texas, by the National Hurricane Center, on Wednesday, September 10, 2008. However, the actual landing was further east, at the eastern end of Galveston Island (near Texas City, TX), with eyes centered on Galveston Bay. Since some winds are blowing from the north in Galveston, water is pushed back into the Gulf, and the actual storm surge there is muffled to 19 ft (5.8 m), rather than the original prediction of over 25 ft (7.6 m) as well as the landing on the western end, which will drive more water into Galveston Bay, into the channel bay.
On September 13, 2008, the highest storm surge was recorded on the Sabine Pass at 22 ft (6.5 m), the highest jump ever recorded at the station, and Ike also carrying the record for the largest storm surge ever seen with any Categories. 2 storms. However, the Bolivar Peninsula, at the entrance to Galveston Bay, is closer to the eastern side of the eye. Morning high tide (on 2008-09-13), added 2.3 ft (0.7 m), occurred at 4:14 am at the entrance of Galveston Bay. Total waves of east storms then nearly 16 ft (4.9 m) by landing at 02:10, with higher waves above.
Aftermath
On the night of 12 September 2008, Hurricane Ike's eyes approached the Texas coast near Galveston Bay, making landfall at 2:10 pm at the eastern end of Galveston Island (near Texas City).
People in the lowlands who did not heed evacuation orders, in one or two-story family homes, had been warned by the weather service that they "faced certain deaths" in a storm surge overnight.
In the regional cities of Texas, electricity starts to fail before 8 pm. CDT, leaving more than 3 million people without electricity. In addition, the grocery store shelves in the Houston area were left empty.
Rainfall estimates indicate that the total 2-day rainfall from noon Friday to Saturday midday exceeds 20 × inches (50 cm) in northern Harris County and southern Montgomery County, with multi-county areas receiving at least 10 × inches (25 cm) rainfall.
Bolivar Peninsula and South Chambers County
The Bolivar peninsula gets a strong side from the storm.
The Bolivar peninsula, eastward across the water from the landing site on Galveston Island, has sunk under a storm surge. Water from the waves of the storm has passed the first floor of many homes.
Most, if not all of the previous communities located on the Bolivar Peninsula, which, along with Galveston Island separating Galveston Bay from the Gulf of Mexico, were completely destroyed. Based on extensive air surveys conducted on the afternoon of Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, very little is left in the western High Island community. Total or nearly total destruction areas include Caplen, Port Bolivar, and the area around Gregory Park. Most, if not all, structures located along Highway 87 west of High Point, as well as Highway 108 on the western edge of Bolivar, are destroyed.
Crystal Beach, a densely populated community situated approximately in the middle of the peninsula, was submerged and destroyed; waves and wind pounding houses, and even some elevated homes on 14-ft (4.3 m) stage rolled into the water. The small community of Gilchrist beaches, which sit next to Rollover Bay facing north in Bolivar, is completely washed away, except for only a few houses. One of these houses, the only one in the neighborhood that remains intact (although it is uninhabitable), attracted widespread media interest after the pictures began to appear in newspapers and on television. At least six bodies were found in extensive searches.
Two floodwater sensors in Chambers County, Texas survived the surge of Ike storm, while those on the eastern Bolivar Peninsula were inoperable during the storm. Along the East coast the height of Galveston Bay waves was measured at 16.9 feet (5.15 m) and measurements along the SH126 measured 17.0 feet (5.18 m). A large number of waves carry debris, most of the Bolivar Peninsula and southern Chambers County are left along the northern coast of Chambers county of Rollover bay.
There is controversy whether houses near the coast are allowed to be rebuilt if they are destroyed by such storms.
Galveston
In Galveston, at 4 pm. CDT (2100Ã, UTC) on September 12, an increasing storm surge began to strike Galveston Seawall along the 17 foot (5.2 m), overlooking the Gulf of Mexico; the waves had crashed along the previous wall, from 9 am CDT. Although Seawall Boulevard is elevated above the shoreline, many areas of the city decline behind the sea wall to a lower altitude on Galveston Island.
The historic Balinese room, a former mafia-run nightclub on a wharf that has stretched 600 meters to the Gulf of Mexico and has survived many serious storms, was swept away as Ike's eyes crossed the eastern part of Galveston Island. The elevated structure, the berth, which has entertained players ranging from Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and George Burns to Groucho Marx and Sammy Davis, Jr., has recently been renovated and returned to profitability after years of neglect and damage, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
None of the many wooden docks that gave Galveston many of its unique characters survived the Hurricane Ike landings. In addition to the Balinese Room, Murdoch's, Hooters and the 61st Street Pier are all totally destroyed. The Murdoch jetty was rebuilt and reopened in October 2009, while Hooters Galveston (housed in the former Ocean Grill building) was not rebuilt; the site remained empty in 2011. (A new Hooters reopened in November 2017 on 61st Street south of Interstate 45). The 61st Street Pier was rebuilt and reopened in 2010. Seawall Boulevard, which stretches along the sea wall a few meters above the popular beach bordering the Gulf, is full of debris of these buildings and other buildings.
The Landmark Flagship Hotel, located on top of a deep concrete pillar, was badly damaged, but no one was hurt, and while the initial survey showed the structure could be saved; However it proved to be untrue, and the hotel was demolished in 2011. Some of the hotel walls were peeled off by a storm (this happened during Hurricane Alicia in 1983), pulled out at least one upstairs guest suite to the open air, and the high street allowed the vehicle to access lower level hotels from Seawall Boulevard fall into the Gulf.
The back side of the protected island appears to be also severely damaged in tourist areas. The Lone Star Aviation Museum suffered great damage when a storm surge swept through the airport and despite all the plane hangars (not just museums) with about 8 feet of water. All aircraft, except those flying before the storm, were damaged from moderate to severe, but the worst was the total collapse of the "Flight Hall of Fame" with many of the greatest pioneering private goods. In contrast, Moody Gardens was built with a stormy storm in mind with a very high pyramid-shaped structure above sea level, thus able to withstand the worst storms and resume operations quickly.
The Galveston Railroad Museum was damaged throughout the museum and its exhibition grounds. Several wagons and locomotives were damaged by storms and floods # 2 of the history of F7's EMD locomotive that was removed after being badly affected. The railway layout of the museum model is also destroyed.
Although there are further evacuation plans, Mary Jo Naschke, a spokesman for the city of Galveston, estimates that (up to Friday morning) a quarter of the city's population ignores calls for them to evacuate, despite predictions that most of Galveston Island will suffer heavy waves of storm surges. By 6 pm Friday night, estimates vary as to how many of the 58,000 residents are left, but the number of residents is thousands.
Some people survived by punching holes in the attic and bringing sick relatives away from the flood. At Pier 91st Street, once a two-story building resembling a house that was extended about 400 feet (120 m) into the Bay, three people chose to ride the storm out, even though the National Weather Service warning weakly predicted that they were facing "certain." death "from what was expected to be a 24-foot storm surge.Called a local emergency operator three hours before Ike landed, they called for evacuation by Coast Guard personnel, because the entire pier and the first story structure at that time fell into the Gulf They were told that someone could save them at that time, because of unacceptable risks, their prospective savior would be targeted.Surpassing the storm that was huddled in what was left of the second floor of the pier, they were lifted to safety by a rescue helicopter late the next morning.
An early Galveston Island survey, conducted Saturday night, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2008, indicates that the entire island west of 11 Mile Road was completely destroyed, and only a few buildings west of Galveston survived a third. This nearly total destruction area includes the Bayou Vista and Jamaica Beach communities, as well as Galveston Country Club and Galveston Island State Park. Previously affected areas included about 1,000 structures, including single family residences, commercial establishments, and hotels and resorts. It is not known how many residents might ignore repeated calls to evacuate, or what happens to those who decide to remain in the vulnerable West End of Galveston.
Electric power failed in Galveston at around 7:45 pm. CDT. The widespread floods include Galveston city center: like 6-feet (2 m) deep in the Galveston District Court, and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston is flooded. Five people were killed on Galveston Island - two of them drowning and three of them for natural causes.
In transferring the survivors out of town, Galveston officials use the Ball High School, which is used as the "last refuge" for refugees, to become the center of FEMA. More than 200 residents live in school shelters, and hundreds of others eat there. Buses were brought on Sunday to take residents from the shelter, and others wanting to leave the island, to a shelter in San Antonio.
On the day of landing, the police stopped tourists at La Marque, 4 miles (6 km) north of Galveston, and got them out of the highway. Interstate 45 in La Marque has been closed because the ship and part of the damaged dock are scattered along the floods that block the road.
Chris Terrill filmed Ike's impact on Galveston, in the second part of his three-part Nature's Fury series. The film captures evacuations, storm surges and waves as high as 17 feet (5.2 m) that jump over the sea wall before the arrival of a storm; before and after the recording of a historic Balinese nightclub crushed in a storm; scenery on the road for 100 mph of wind and heavy rain; and destruction thereafter.
From a historical perspective, on September 8, 1900, the Great Galveston Storm landed on a path similar to Ike, carrying a storm surge that flooded most of Galveston Island: as a result, many cities were destroyed and at least 6,000 people died within hours; after that, the island level raised an average of 4Ã, ft (1.3 m), adding high sea wall (17-ft, 5.2 m) to block incoming waves.
Houston
In Houston, windows broke out in downtown buildings like the 75-floor JPMorgan Chase Tower, and the Reliant Stadium was damaged. according to a witness interviewed by Fox News, the furniture from the office in the JPMorgan Chase building was blown out of the crumbling window and into the parking garage across the street. The fire burned some Brennan restaurants in downtown Houston, but the workers were rescued. Many trees were uprooted, and bus stops were destroyed. The Houston Theater District is flooded.
Although electricity exits in most areas, the lights are still on at Texas Medical Center, a complex of about a dozen hospitals. At Hermann Memorial Hospital, patients come with various problems, including people who run out of drugs or oxygen, or others who have cuts and bruises.
Based on information collected by the US Centers for Disease Control, twenty-eight deaths in Harris County are associated with Ike's indirect effects, including illness, and accidents, such as carbon monoxide poisoning, fire, and tree felling.
Hurricane Ike is affecting late Houston Astros who play late in Major League Baseball, unlimited delayed matches Friday and Saturday against the Chicago Cubs.
Flights in and out of Houston's two main airports (Bush Intercontinental and Hobby) were discontinued on Friday 12 September 2008, with plans to resume on the following Sunday. However, on Sunday 14 September 2008, the Intercontinental remained without power, but both airports plan to reopen Monday with limited services.
Due to the number of broken, broken, or non-functioning traffic lights, most of the roads in Houston remained clogged two weeks after Ike crashed. Many highway exit streets and cause congestion on the highway as well, especially during rush hours. Many gas stations are not working for a week because there is no electricity to pump gas. Some that work produce long lines and only petrol delivery once a week. It's "hit and miss" to find gasoline causing the purchase of gasoline after it is shipped. Likewise there are long lines in most of the open grocery stores, home improvement stores, and restaurants.
Texas City
A spokeswoman for Valero Energy Corp., Bill Day, said that the crew will soon go in to inspect the oil refineries in Houston and Texas City, which remain closed on Saturday, September 13, 2008. Texas City (north of Galveston) is very close to the Hurricane Ike landing site. The Mainland Medical Center (from I-45) closed its doors on Saturday (13Sep08) at 4 pm. CDT, after water service is not available in the area. One death has been reported in Texas City, which is caused by a lack of dialysis treatment because after a storm.
The beloved Texas City Dike, a man-made structure that extends nearly five miles into the mouth of Galveston Bay, is perforated and badly damaged along with all the structures built on it. The dikes, known locally as the world's longest man-made fishing dock, have stood for seven decades and are considered the main defense of the city of Texas against the devastation posed by a powerful storm surge. An air survey on Sunday afternoon, September 14, revealed that the eastern and northern parts of Texas City, as well as San Leon were still inundated. Substantial wind damage appears to have been sustained by the Texas City Industrial Complex bordering Galveston Bay.
Several businesses, including several petrol stations, convenience stores and fast-food restaurants, plan to reopen on Monday, September 15, 2008. Starting Sunday, September 14, the Texas Military Forces began using the city's high school football stadium as a staging and relocation site used by Black Hawk helicopters, used to pick up residents who were stranded from Bolivar, Galveston and other regional communities. Also on September 14, the Red Cross opened a disaster relief center in Texas City.
City League
In League City, TX, power went out, and CenterPoint Energy said it took four weeks or more to recover after the biggest blackout in the company's history. Evacuated residents were allowed to return on 16 September 2008 and were advised to bring back enough food for two weeks; late night curfew is in effect. Two deaths have been reported in League City, both because of indirect natural causes caused by Ike.
Kemah, Seabrook, Taylor Lake Village, and El Lago
Kemah, Texas, about 35 miles (56 km) south of Houston, without electricity and water, and still has a 5-foot flood on Saturday, September 13, 2008. State Highway, 146 closed at the crossroads of 2094. There was a lot of debris in the street, really covering several lanes.
Severe damage occurred at Kemah Boardwalk, where many popular restaurants and shops, as well as small waterfront amusement parks with a variety of rides, including shorting, kiddie trains, and a giant mill overlooking Galveston Bay. The entire first floor of Landry's seafood restaurant was destroyed and swept clean, as were the surrounding buildings. Boardwalk has received 4 million visitors per year. In an interview on local CBS affiliate KHOU-TV, the Boardwalk manager expressed confidence that despite the unprecedented destruction of the tourist attraction, the site will be rebuilt.
In Seabrook, most homes and businesses east of State Highway 146 (close to Galveston Bay) are flooded by storm surges, which include the division of Miramar and "Old Seabrook". The house along Todville Rd (which is parallel to Galveston Bay) was washed away, or the whole downstairs was gutted. State Highway 146 north of the Kemah Bridge was completely submerged, causing ships and other debris to gather on the highway after low tide. The Seabrook Waterfront district was severely damaged. The spike caused the ship to float or very close to Nasa Road 1.. also destroyed the ship and business dock along Nasa Road 1 to Nassau Bay Hilton hotel.
Clear Lake and Nassau Bay
Near Clear Lake, where winds are reported to be over 100 mph, many people are driving a storm at Nassau Bay Hilton, across from the NASA/JSC complex. The NASA Johnson Center's NASA Space Control Center roof was damaged by Hurricane Ike, but no injuries and no major flooding. Along with roof damage, there are branches and lampposts on the ground, with minor damage to buildings and vehicles. There is also damage to hangars and awnings at Ellington Field NASA, east of I-45. NASA has its own generator to provide electric power.
Baytown
Baytown, at the top of Galveston Bay, is affected by a storm surge from Hurricane Ike. Homes in the Lakewood subdivision on the west side of Baytown in the bay suffered massive flood damage. Many homes are eventually destroyed because they can not be repaired. Marina Bayland in the Waterfront District near Hwy 146 suffered major damage. All the ships docked there are gone. Most boats are found along Hwy 146 or in the nearest subdivision. Hurricane Ike also led to the temporary closure of the Baytown ExxonMobil refinery.
Jefferson County
Like most areas of East Texas, the areas of Beaumont and Port Arthur receive winds with the force of hurricanes. Hurricane Ike threatened the Port Arthur embankment, and penetrated far enough inland to contaminate the water supply for Beaumont with salt water.
The hardest hit was the rural Jefferson County, including the unrelated communities of LaBelle and Fannett. On September 18, 4,000 head of cattle are estimated to be dead, drowned by floods in the area, both from rain, and storm surges.
One death has been reported in extreme Southeast Texas linked to Ike. It's because of a generator fire when the power goes out. Although there is an official guarantee that this is Ike's only related death in the area, rumors spread that many people died during the storm. This was triggered by a refrigerated trailer outside Beaumont's funeral home. The funeral home has lost its electricity service and used trailers to keep the bodies of the dead from natural causes until the funeral can be arranged.
Orange County
The damage is pervasive and severe in Orange County. The storm surge almost completely flooded the City Bridge, broke through the embankment in the City of Orange, and traveled to the Neches River to flood the Mawar City.
Orange City received a wind with the force of a hurricane. Mayor Brown Claybar estimates that about a third of the city's 19,000 inhabitants are flooded, ranging from 6 inches (15 cm) to 6 feet (2 m). He said about 375 people, from those who stayed behind during the storm, started emerging, some needing food, water and medical care. Many dead fish littered the streets and properties.
Bridge City Mayor Kirk Roccaforte estimates that only 14 homes (Changed later to some 34), in the city were unaffected by the surge. 10 of which are next to Oakview. 5 on Louise Street, and 5 on Lafitte Street. A resident on Louise Street who lives makes a towering foyer video. These houses are far above the floodplains of the 100 th storm. Piles of debris and stagnant furniture placed outside the house by residents began cleaning up the mayor's lead to say "The whole city looks like a flea market.As long as the post-storm cleaning, the residents of Bridge City find the swimming pool has been occupied by jellyfish brought. inland with water Three people were found dead in Orange County on 29 September.
Other cities
One confirmed death has been attributed to Ike when a tree fell to a boy in Montgomery County while being prepared for the storm, and another person was killed not far from a fallen tree during a storm. After the storm, another logging accident involving a damaged tree killed another boy in Montgomery County, and a cleaning accident involving a truck resulted in a fourth death in the area. Another fallen tree in Huntsville resulted in death after crashing into a house. At Anahuac, one person was electrocuted in preparation, and one person was killed by a temporary home fire without electricity in Walker County. One person in San Leon sank. Corpus Christi, Texas is receiving wind in the strength of tropical storms. Near Corpus Christi, a man reportedly washed away with Coast Guard looking for his corpse after the storm passed.
Power failure
CenterPoint Energy, the region's largest power company, said it had restored power to 112,000 homes and businesses on Saturday, plus many of Houston's skyscrapers have regained power. Its progress is as follows:
- on Saturday night, 112,000 customers have power;
- on Sunday afternoon, 262,000 customers have power;
- on Tuesday 9 pm, 750,000 customers have power.
However, more than 1.5 million people remained without power on September 16, 2008.
Entergy Texas, whose service area includes Beaumont-Port Arthur west to cities north of Houston such as The Woodlands and Conroe, estimates 392,600 of their 395,000 customers lost power during Ike. Although almost all customers lost their energy, the company reported the recovery of electrical services to all customers who could receive power safely on September 25, twelve days after the storm. The majority of customers who can not receive electricity are placed on the High Island and on the Bolivar Peninsula.
Offshore ship and oil rig
On Saturday, September 13, US Coast Guard sent a Rotterdam tugboat to rescue crews, Antalina, carrying 22, hours after the ship survived Hurricane Ike, without any means to escape. Repair of damaged fuel pumps on ships will be carried out at sea; The tugboat will then pull the vessel to Port Arthur, Texas, to dock for additional improvements and finally to release more of his load: petroleum coke, petroleum byproducts.
Two floating oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, but the crew were preparing to secure the two rigs as soon as the water was recovered.
On September 19, the total revision of 49 oil and gas platforms, from 3,800 in the Gulf, was considered destroyed (compared to 44 destroyed during Hurricane Katrina).
BP reported that the drilling crane (tower) on the Mad Dog platform had been ousted into the sea, adding that it was still too early to predict when the platform could resume production.
Oil Refinery
There are 14 oil refineries in the affected area, and 8 are known to have survived with a slight flood.
Emergency shelter
Some communities receive thousands of refugees, or displaced people, from affected areas, including:
- In Galveston, the College of Balls held 200 evacuations (as "last sanctuary"), plus providing meals for hundreds of others.
- In San Antonio, about 219 miles (352 km) from Galveston, the shelters accommodate nearly 5,000 refugees.
- In Tyler, about 200 miles (320 km) inland, 3,400 refugees took temporary shelter, and it became clear that some shelters would not be sufficient for long-term evacuations.
- More than 4,000 people are riding storms in tents, campers and RVs, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
There are other shelters as well.
Recovery
Response teams from the Texas Rural Water Association moved from their staging area in Mauriceville, Texas a day after the landing. They distribute emergency generators to the affected system, some as early as eight hours after the loss of water services.
Economic Impact
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Property damage in Texas from the storm is estimated to be $ 29 billion. The storm also had a major negative economic impact on the country after a storm with an estimated $ 142 billion by Hurricane Ike Impact Report by the Texas Engineering Extension Service
Below is a summary of economic forecasts by county according to the report. Each surveyed area experienced a decline in economic performance during the study period with the exception of growing Liberty County.
- Brazoria County - $ 1.8 billion ($ 528.5 million in manufacturing).
- Chambers County - $ 20 billion ($ 12.1 billion in utility sector).
- Galveston County - $ 22.16 billion ($ 19.5 billion in manufacturing).
- Harris County - $ 103.8 billion ($ 38.8 billion in the wholesale sector).
- Jefferson County - $ 11.9 billion ($ 9.1 billion in manufacturing).
- Liberty County - The only area where the economy grows follows Ike - Growth during the study period is $ 169.8 million. The district's economic growth is burdened with a $ 277 million loss in the manufacturing sector.
- Orange County - $ 364.9 million ($ 116 million in retail).
- Tyler County - $ 79.9 million ($ 50.4 million in real estate).
See also
- Hurricane Ike - main storm article for Ike
- The effects of Hurricane Ike in the North American countryside
- 1900 Galveston Hurricane - Category 4 hurricane Disaster that made the city of Galveston famous
- Hurricane Gustav - another Hurricane Category 4 in 2008 that existed before Hurricane Ike
- 2008 Atlantic hurricane season
Note
References
- Christopher Sherman and Pauline Arrillaga (2008-09-13). "Through the air, boats and trucks, look for Ike victims". Yahoo! NEWS. Archived from original on September 16, 2008 . Retrieved 2008-09-14 .
External links
- National Hurricane Center: NHC homepage.
- Houston Chronicle electric development: Ike Power Map.
- Harris County Housing Authority Program DHAP: Beyond Boxes.
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