Hurricane Ike - one year later Bashny.Net

It has been exactly one year since Hurricane Ike swept through the coast of Texas. And this Sunday the Texans remember this most destructive hurricane in the history of the state, which destroyed or damaged thousands of homes, including three-quarters of all buildings in the city of Galveston. The winds of Hurricane Ike, the rate of which reached 177 meters per second, caused damage of 29 million dollars and took the lives of at least 72 people in the United States. A year later, in Galveston reopen most of the companies, the wreckage of the buildings had been removed, and 95% of the population returned to their homes. However, people still continue to repair and restore the house. Collected here are a series of photos taken before and after the disaster.

25 photos via bigpicture.ru

1. Left: The house is on fire during Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas, a year ago on Friday, 12 September 2008. Right: the same place 16 August 2009. (AP photo / The Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool)





2a. Water from the flooding and the oil leaked into it around High Island after Hurricane Ike on Sunday 14 September, 2008. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool)



2b. High Island in September 2009. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool)



3a. Ralls Lee (center) makes the property in ruins Marine Club Seabrook after Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in the town of Seabrook, Texas. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, James Nielsen)



3b. This picture taken on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, shows that it is now in place Marine Club empty lot. September 5 began construction work on the construction of a new clubhouse. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, James Nielsen)



4a. 14-year-old Alison Nakin sits amidst the mess after in her room roof collapsed due to Hurricane Ike September 13, 2008 in the city of Perland, Texas. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran)



4b. Now the 15-year-old Alison plays guitar on Wednesday, 19 August 2009, a brand new bed in the same room. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran)



5a. Grill bar Kirstal Beach, Texas, September 16, 2008. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



5b. The same scene September 9, 2009. Although the wreckage has been removed, the restaurant was still under reconstruction and closed to visitors. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



6a. Buildings and water tower Crystal Beach in the eponymous town of Texas September 16, 2008. Electric poles toppled by Hurricane Ike. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



6b. This picture of the same place, issued on 9 September 2009, demonstrates the changes and improvements in this area. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



7a. Shackle - 11-year-old African lioness - she experienced a hurricane in the first Baptist church in Kirstal Beach, Texas, September 16, 2008. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



7b. This picture was taken in the same church, September 9, 2009 during the evening prayer congregation on Wednesday. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



8a. The next two pictures show "bird houses" (as they are called by the locals because of the design), close to Gilchrist, Texas. This photo was taken September 16, 2008: waves from Hurricane Ike brought to the 87th highway sand and debris. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



8b. And this picture of the same place was made on September 9 20009 a year - a year later. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



9a. Ralph Hayes kisses 79-year-old Bobby Davis, once brought water and food she and other seniors and disabled residents Heights House, left without water and electricity 14 September 2008 in Houston. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Karen Warren)



9b. In this picture for 80-year-old Bobby Davis poses for the camera in the same Heights House in Houston on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 in Texas. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Karen Warren)



10a. In this picture the pier Murdoch and restaurants are seen because of debris washed ashore in Galveston, Texas, after Hurricane Ike on Saturday 13 September, 2008. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)



10b. A year later, the same place August 28, 2009: debris and clutter on the pier was removed, and the company opened again. Currently pier Murdoch remodel. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)



11a. Tom LeKroy way through the wreckage on a flooded street after Hurricane Ike on Saturday 13th September 2008 in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)



11b. In this picture LeKroy Tom, the owner of the bistro, is on the same street on Monday, 30 August 2009. Again he opened his restaurant in August 2009. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer)



12a. House and Pam Warren Adams in Gilchrist, Texas, September 16, 2008. This house became famous because one stood in the heavily damaged area. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



12b. In this picture shows the changes and repairs, which has undergone the same house. Photographed September 9, 2009. (AP Photo / Tony Gutierrez)



13a. Billowing surf almost reaching the 180-meter tower with Balinese Balinese Room night club before the arrival of Hurricane Ike on Friday, September 12, 2008. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool)



13b. In this picture, you will not see this night club, which has been listed as national treasures of the United States, because it completely destroyed Hurricane Ike, leaving only a few piles in front of Hotel Galvez in August 2009. (AP Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool)



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