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LetMyPeopleVote

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Thu Sep 29, 2022, 08:37 PM Sep 2022

Hurricane Ike hit 14 years ago. Here is a look back at the storm that changed Galveston forever

I remember Ike well. Ike destroyed Galveston and hit Houston hard. I was lucky in that I was only without power for 40 hours. I had law partners who did not have power restored for a month. They would take showers at the YMCA or health club and eat out. Galvestn was hit hard. These photos are hard to look at



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