A
t one point, Ike was over
600 miles in diameter.
Due to its immense size, Ike
caused devastation from the
Louisiana coastline all the
way to Corpus Christi, Texas,
when it hit land with winds of
110 mph.
On Bolivar Peninsula,
Texas, flood waters exceeded
12 feet above sea level in
advance of the hurricane.
Media estimates of lost homes
exceed 80%.
Hurricane Ike was the second-costliest hurricane ever
to make landfall in the United States.
Palm Harbor home
Site-built home
completely destroyed
“When we returned to our home in
Sabine Pass, Texas, after Hurricane
Ike, we were happy to see that it has
survived the worst that storm had to
deliver and lost just 6 shingles. Since
we are about a mile from the Gulf,
that was amazing. Unfortunately, my
father’s site built home next door was
totally gone and most of the other
homes in our area, site built or manu-
factured, were gone or destroyed,
also.”
The Bloods
– Sabine Pass, Texas
September 2008
Hurricane Ike
