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Sep 12, 2018 · BRIDGE CITY — Thursday, September 13th, will mark the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike making landfall in Southeast Texas. Thousands of homes remained underwater following a 13-foot...
Satellite image map of Hurricane Ike after landfall on the Texas Coast. Landfall had been predicted near Freeport, Texas, by the National Hurricane Center, as of Wednesday, September 10, 2008. However, the actual landfall was further east, over the east end of Galveston Island (near Texas City, TX), with the eye centered over Galveston Bay.
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Hurricane Ike. Hurricane Ike ( / aɪk /) was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. Ike took a similar track to the 1900 Galveston hurricane. The ninth tropical storm, fifth hurricane ...
Aug 26, 2017 · Learning from the past, Ike's storm surge flooded the homes of almost 9,000 people in Bridge City. "They had 5 1/2 foot of water in homes, it was pretty bad," Burnaman says.
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Sep 7, 2021 · Kirk Roccaforte, longtime Bridge City mayor, recalls his first look at his hometown after Hurricane Ike made landfall on Sept. 13, 2008. The mayor and other key city personnel spent the night of Sept. 12-13 in a school building in Little Cypress, away from the storm's worst but close enough to get back in a hurry. "When I topped Cow Bayou Bridge, a...
Sep 27, 2014 · The eye of Hurricane Ike made landfall September 13, 2008, devastating much of the Gulf Coast. Bridge City took a beating and six years later residents vividly remember how their lives changed ...
May 2, 2023 · BRIDGE CITY — Bridge City was wiped out by Hurricane Ike almost 15 years ago. Some homes saw almost 6-feet of water. Bridge City has seen tremendous growth since, but now there are concerns of new subdivisions going up so close to the water.
