Shoreacres Damage from Ike

I wanted to share these pictures with you because they chronicle the damage that Hurricane Ike inflicted on that street I talked about in this post. The photos start at the Houston Yacht Club and follow Miramar Drive and some other roads to the entrance of the town. One thing that stands out, besides the extensive damage, is how all those huge rocks got picked up and dumped on the road.

I vividly remember the aftermath of Hurricane Alicia in 1983 that gutted my high school best friend's house. This time, the house, which had been restored after the first storm, has been reduced to a pile of sticks in an enormous puddle. It took me several passes through the set of pictures to even pick it out, but I finally recognized the mailbox and the houses behind. Judging from the pictures, I can say that this hurricane was far, far worse than Alicia in its destruction of this little piece of coastline.

Many thanks to the thoughtful person who took these pictures of a place that so many people love.

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