We had 32 emails from people today looking for pictures from Hurricane Ike damage. Although the storm has not come ashore as of this blog post timestamp, we have dozens of Ike pictures being sent in to us. Below I have posted just a few of the images we have received thus far.
Hurricane Ike is right now a category 2 storm, with sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. Having said this, the storm surge of Ike is that of a high category four hurricane. We will continue to update this blog post with new pictures as we get them.
Below, Ike approaches the Texas Coast. Employees of the Galveston Flagship Hotel overlooking the Ocean watch as the water creeps up:
Below, is a picture from Galveston Island where a man walks in floodwater. The scary part is that the storm is over 13 hours away at the time of this picture:
Below is what is left of the Galveston Pier. Hurricane Ike, still hours away already wash all but a small portion of the pier away:
Last we show a picture of Galveston island where the storm surge has already caused extensive damage even though we are 6-8 hours away from landfall. A house is on fire, yet noone can protect it:
If you have any pictures that you happened to take, please post them here at profilesblog as a comment and we will be sure to add them to this post for the world to see. God bless all the people in the path of Hurricane Ike.
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