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Saturday, January 3, 2009

Home away from home



Stairs lead to the second floor of a home and then to a deck on the third floor.

The home itself was last seen shortly before Hurricane Ike slammed ashore on the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas.

In the foreground, not even the pilings remain of a home that was washed away. On the other hand, the slab is still there for the parking area under the house. Many homes even had the slabs washed away on the finger of land facing the Gulf just southeast of Houston.

In the background, two homes remain standing, though most homes on the island that withstood the fury of the massive 400-mile-wide beast still have to be gutted to return them to a livable condition.


--steve buser

1 comment:

Jon said...

Steve,
Depressing to see such devastation but proof once again that Mother Nature always trumps anything Mankind builds if and when she pleases.

Have a happy and healthy new year.

Jon at Mississippi Garden blog