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Hurricane Ike
Pre- and Post-Storm Photo Comparisons - Galveston, TX
Location index for photo pairs of Galveston, TX. Green line represents the storm track of Hurricane Ike. |
Location 1: Oblique aerial photography of Galveston, TX, on September 9, 2008 (top) and September 15, 2008, two days after landfall of Hurricane Ike (bottom). Yellow arrows mark features that appear in each image. Evidence of inundation here includes eroded beach face, sand deposited inland of the shoreline, and distressed vegetation. However, the coastal-change impacts were less severe here than on the Bolivar Peninsula, located northeast of landfall. [larger version] |
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Location 2: Oblique aerial photography of Galveston, TX, on September 9, 2008 (top) and September 15, 2008, two days after landfall of Hurricane Ike (bottom). Yellow arrows mark features that appear in each image. Hurricane impacts include the breaching of a narrow spit and erosion of the Gulf-front beach. [larger version] |
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Location 3: Oblique aerial photography of Galveston, TX, on September 9, 2008 (top) and September 15, 2008, two days after landfall of Hurricane Ike (bottom). Yellow arrows mark features that appear in each image. No coastal-change impacts are evident. [larger version] |
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Location 4: Oblique aerial photography of Galveston, TX, on September 9, 2008 (top) and September 15, 2008, two days after landfall of Hurricane Ike (bottom). Yellow arrows mark features that appear in each image. The coastal-change impacts, beach erosion in front of the seawall, were less severe here than on the Bolivar Peninsula, located northeast of landfall. [larger version] |
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Location 5: Oblique aerial photography of Galveston, TX, on September 9, 2008 (top) and September 15, 2008, two days after landfall of Hurricane Ike (bottom). Yellow arrows mark features that appear in each image. Hurricane-induced waves and surge destroyed a pier and eroded adjacent beaches. [larger version] |
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Location 6: Oblique aerial photography of Galveston, TX, on September 9, 2008 (top) and September 15, 2008, two days after landfall of Hurricane Ike (bottom). Yellow arrows mark features that appear in each image. Hurricane-induced waves and surge destroyed a small walkway. Coastal-change impacts include beach and dune erosion, and the removal of considerable dune vegetation. This location is on the right-hand side of the hurricane track and likely experienced the strongest winds, highest surge, and waves. [larger version] |
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U.S. Geological Survey
