Video Showing Hurricane Ike Damage in Galveston - 2008

[rexross]

A video showing damage to Galveston caused by the severe Hurricane Ike in 2007.

http://www.rexross.com/VideoIkeRetrospective.html

This storm caused the NWS to rethink the hurricane Category system.  Ike had a Cat 2 wind field but a Cat 4 storm surge (about 18 feet).

The extraordinary storm surge was caused by the extreme size of Ike's wind field which piled up the Gulf waters far beyond expectations.

[elagache]

Dear Rex and WeatherCat users who have to cope with extreme weather,

A video showing damage to Galveston caused by the severe Hurricane Ike in 2007.

Thanks for sharing the video.  It is indeed an eye-opener! 

Cheers, Edouard

[Blicj11]

Thanks for sharing Rex. Ike hit our home in Houston but we got off pretty easy compared to what happened in Galveston.