Topic: Bolivar Peninsula
The Bolivar Peninsula is a narrow strip of land on the Texas coast. Bolivar Peninsula Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for Bolivar Peninsula at 7 a.m.on September 12, 2008 as Hurricane Ike gathered strength and headed towards the area.
Now?Look at GilchristOut across the Bolivar Peninsula we traveled?Only to see where many folks? dreams had become unraveled.The devastation that I saw while driving?on my left?and on my right?Makes me wonder how anything survived when ? From ...
After the Civil War, Galveston became the point through which many European immigrants entered the American Southwest. So it was only natural that...
Galveston Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, on the southeastern shore of Texas, U.S. Protected from the gulf by the Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island, the shallow bay (average depth is 7 feet [2.1 metres]) is 35 miles (56 ...
Hurricane Ike washed away Texas breeding grounds of world's most endangered sea turtleHurricane Ike may have dealt a blow to the world's most endangered sea turtle.The storm erased nesting areas for Kemp's Ridley turtles by washing away dunes ...
A month after Ike, Texas still has signs of destruction but recovery is moving forwardA month later, piles of Sheetrock, appliances, furniture and family mementos dot most streets in this island town. Electronic road signs in southeast Texas flash, "Watch for cows ...
Disappearance of birds after Hurricane Ike means silent autumn for renowned bird areaOne of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent.Blame Hurricane Ike. "The same could be said for their home and beachfront community of ...
A giant tooth was found by two paleontologists in the wreckage of a Texan home destroyed by Hurricane Ike. Dorothy Sisk, a scientist at Lamar University, had returned to her beachfront home in Caplen, on the Bolivar Peninsula, with her colleague Jim ...
Most of the people in Houston have their power back. Hard hit areas in the suburbs and surrounding rural areas where many trees and poles are down are next. And then there's Galveston Island. What can one say about the destuction ...
Authorities laid out a plan Friday a week after Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas coast with 110-mph winds and relentless storm surge to let about 45,000 anxious evacuees back onto Galveston Island for good.It will be another week before ...
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Raw Video: Ike Flattens Bolivar Peninsula
Rescuers describe the barrier island of Bolivar Peninsula, just east ...2008-09-15 -
Video Essay: Ike Wipes Out Bolivar ...
The Associated Press toured the resort barrier island of Bolivar ...2008-09-16 -
Bolivar Peninsula to High Island
A bit of powered paragliding by TXWingNut pilot Beery Miller ...2011-09-25
