Pictures from Hurrican Ike …. By Susy
In its brief lifespan of only 13 days, Hurricane Ike wreaked great deal of havoc. Affecting several countries including Cuba, Haiti, and the United States, Ike is blamed for approximately 114 deaths (74 in Haiti alone), and damages that are still being tallied, with estimates topping $10 billion. Many shoreline communities of Galveston, Texas were wiped from the map by the winds, storm surge and the walls of 12/04/09 debris pushed along by Ike - though
1-A horse grazes beside a house, surrounded by floodwater, near Winnie, Texas after Hurricane Ike, Sunday, Sept. 14, 12/04/09 2008. Ike was the first major storm to directly hit a major U.S.
2-ImageofHurricaneIkeonSeptember10, 2008, takenbythecrewof th theInternational SpaceStation, flying220milesaboveEarth. Ike barreledintothedenselypopulatedTexascoastnearHoustonearly September13, 2008, bringingwithitawall ofwaterandferociouswinds andrainthatfloodedlargeareasalongtheGulfofMexicoandparalyzed th thefourth-largestU.S. city. (REUTERS/NASA/Handout)#
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3-Ike passed over Cuba and Haiti prior to its landfall 12/04/09 in Texas. This is a view of the flooded waterflont in Baracoa, eastern Cuba on September
4-This image from September 8, 2008 was provided by the U.S. Navy. Homes seen in Port De Paix, Haiti remain flooded after four storms in one month have devastated the area and killed more than 800 people. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) has been diverted from the scheduled Continuing Promise 2008 humanitarian assistance deployment in the western Caribbean to conduct hurricane relief operations in Haiti. (Emmitt Hawks/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) #
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5-The surge before the storm swamps Galveston Island, Texas, and a fire destroys homes along the beach as 12/04/09 Hurricane Ike approaches Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. (AP
6-An alligator is seen crossing a road in Sabine Pass, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, as the area 12/04/09 recovers from the effects of Hurricane Ike. (AP
7-Flooding over access road 523 to Surfside beach, caused by Hurricane Ike forming in the Gulf of Mexico, is seen near Surfside Beach, Texas September 12, 2008. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #
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8-Homes and businesses on the Clear Creek Channel in Seabrook are surrounded by rising water 12/04/09from Galveston Bay on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 after Hurricane Ike passed through overnight
9-With Hurricane Ike offshore, Michael Gardner walks in high water in front of a burning marina warehouse in Galveston, Texas, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Fire fighters could not reach 12/04/09 the structure so they allowed the structure to burn. (AP
10-People ride in the back of a pickup truck through floodwaters from Hurricane Ike Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 in 12/04/09 High Island, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) #
• 11-A single home is left standing among debris from Hurricane Ike September 14, 2008 in Gilchrist, Texas. Floodwaters from Hurricane Ike were reportedly as high as eight feet in some areas causing widespread damage across the coast of Texas. (David J. Phillip-Pool/Getty Images) #
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12-An overturned car sits in floodwaters from Hurricane Ike 12/04/09 September 14, 2008 in Gilchrist, Texas. (PHILLIP/AFP/Getty
13-A house sits among debris, piled up by storm surges after 12/04/09 Hurricane Ike made landfall September 14, 2008 in Crystal Beach, Texas. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/AFP/Getty Images
14-Flooding from Hurricane Ike inundates a high school football 12/04/09 field in the town of Delcambre, La. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Alan Hannon, pool) #
15-Hurricanes can leave strange debris, from winds, waves, or fleeing residents. Here, an animal skull and antlers are 12/04/09 seen in the middle of the road after Hurricane Ike in Bridge
16-Oil slicks in floodwater surround a pumpjack September 14, 2008 in High Island, Texas. Hurricane Ike made landfall yesterday morning at Galveston causing widespread wind and flood damage along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. (Smiley N. Pool/AFP/Getty Images
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17-Eddie Settlocker assesses damage caused by Hurricane Ike 12/04/09 at an apartment complex he manages September 14, 2008 in Galveston, Texas. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) #
18-A cat looks down from a a tree in the flooded West End 12/04/09 of Galveston, Texas, after hurricane Ike hit the area section Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero) #
19-Greg Schenck struggles to remove debris from a drain on 12/04/09 North Main Street just north of downtown Houston after the passage of Hurricane Ike, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. (AP
20-A woman walks through a flooded neighborhood street, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, in Orange, Texas. Hurricane Ike's surge overcame the levee along the Sabine River that flows 12/04/09 by Orange causing widespread flooding to the city. (AP
21-A man inspects the damage in front of the JP Morgan Chase Tower after Hurricane Ike passed through the city 12/04/09 September 13, 2008 in Houston Texas. Hurricane Ike made
22-A building maintenance worker walks over shattered glass 12/04/09 from windows blown out by Hurricane Ike on the JPMorgan Chase tower Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 in Houston. (AP
23-A cemetery flooded by storm surge from Hurricane Ike is shown, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) #
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24-The Hollywood Community Cemetery is seen with several 12/04/09 scattered about after surfacing due to flood waters caskets caused by Hurricane Ike, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, in Orange,
25-Search and rescue workers drive down a flooded road as they search the Sabine Pass area of Port Arthur, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 following Hurricane Ike. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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26-A house burns uncontrolled in a flooded neighborhood as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas coast, Friday, Sept. 12, 12/04/09 2008, in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) #
27-A bulldozer clears debris along Interstate 45 after Hurricane Ike hit September 13, 2008 in Galveston, Texas. 12/04/09 Hurricane Ike has caused losses of between eight and 18
28-U.S. Air Force Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts, assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group, receives a hug from a resident during search and rescue operations after 12/04/09 Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas September 13, 2008.
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