Hurricane Ike made landfall 8 years ago this week in Galveston -- Pics and Vids

I think I read that it is currently the 3rd costliest hurricane in US history, behind Katrina and Sandy. I remember visiting Galveston a few years later, and the island was still noticeably recovering.

it went straight up I-45 butt fricking everything in its way

Reads OP and has no idea where Ike hit. Thanks dude. I remember those pics with houses though.

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Reads OP and has no idea where Ike hit. Thanks dude.

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Since 95% of this board seems to live in either Louisiana or Texas, I figured most would know or could figure out from the pictures (especially the one on the interstate that says "Galveston") that Ike hit in Galveston.

However, the OP is edited.

I was in my last semester at UTMB in Galveston. Ha an apartment right off Seawall Blvd first floor. Came back into town on that Sunday before it hit. Left early Wednesday morning when the hurricane changed course and took a direct line to Galveston. Lost everything except what I could pack in my car. When we were finally let back on the island, i couldn't even recognize the place. If I didn't live there for 3 years no way I would have been able to even get to my apartment. Slept on random peoples couches for weeks. It was miserable.

Remember that storm well.

We had evacuated to Alexandria for Gustav. At the time it was supoosed to hit around Cameron or further east, so Lake Charles was going to take a hit. Then the damn thing turned and we ended up in the middle of it in Alexandria.

So when Ike was coming, I remember my parents asking us if we wanted to evacuate and potentially end up in it anyway, or ride that fricker out.

We said frick it, let's ride the bastard out. That was pretty freaky the night it made landfall. We had the whole house boarded up, so we could only hear the wind and the rain hitting the house. We had no idea what we wake up to the next morning.

Next morning rolls around. It was calm, so we went outside. A lot of limbs and leaves down, but nothing major. Thought, "eh, no big deal."

Then the warer started backing up from the canal south of our neighborhood. That made us a bit uneasy for a while. Backed up probably a quarter of a mile and was up the base of our door before it started receeding. Thankfully, no water in the house.

First time I ever saw an amphiuma (or freshwater eel as a lot of folks down here call them). Thought those bastards were cool as shite. That lasted until I froze one for a college class.

Nasty frickers!!

I remember that night. Spent the night at my parents' house where I woke up to a pine tree hitting the roof. Drove back to my house in the morning and couldn't get past the gate because of the trees down. Nothing to do but yard work and bourbon drinking for a couple days.