Hurricane Ike Hammers the Hunkered

Hurricane Ike came to Texas on September 13th, 2008.  A reported 600 miles across monster, it wrecked havoc on Galveston and the surrounding coastal towns.  Houston was hardest hit by the loss of power and trees that snapped in the wind like toothpicks creating a surreal image of a city in the dark surrounded by fallen vegetation.  The townspeople were worshiping the electric generator sold off a truck on the side of the road, and spending quality time in the street with neighbors piling branches to the side of the road.  The creation of new status symbols, bags of trash created from once frozen foods and the refrigerated remains of long past expired “presents”, littered the streets and driveways of those not up for the challenge of starting up a generator. The above video is from the Afton Village area of Spring Branch located on the near westside of Houston, Texas.

~ by jimmccord on September 14, 2008.