Hurricane Ike, 3 Months Later...

We went to Kemah a couple of weekends ago. The Kemah Boardwalk was hit pretty hard by Hurricane Ike. Most of the trash was cleaned up and all new landscaping was planted. Most of the rides were still down, and 2 resturants were closed still. The workers at the hotel and resturants were soo appreciative and nice. You could tell business was slow, and they were happy to have us there!
Going into Kemah we spotted this boat, still washed up on its side. In many places, there was trash and household items just floating in the ditch.

Galveston was alot worse, and there was still a whole lot of cleaning up that needed to be done. This is the Flagship Inn, a hotel out on the water. The road to the hotel is completly gone.

This at one point was a giftshop...

I regret not having my camera out the whole time in Galveston. This happened many times, we were driving on a residential street and just out of the blue a HUGE boat would just be sitting there, right on the side of the road!! I was amazing to see. It's hard to even imagine the clean up efforts that happen after a hurricane or other natural disaster.