Published: September 15, 2009
Tags: Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston, Hurricane Ike, McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, South Padre Island, Texas
Juan A. Lozano AP Writer Houston — Texas is embarking on the biggest coastal protection effort in state history to fight beach erosion and defend against hurricanes. The $135.4 million plan comes a year after Hurricane Ike’s storm surge damaged thousands of homes in Galveston, the neighboring Bolivar Peninsula and other communities across southeast Texas. [...]
Published: July 15, 2009
Tags: barrier, flood, Galveston, Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ike, Ike Dike, seawall, Texas, William Merrell
Juan A. Lozano AP Writer Galveston, TX — It has been dubbed the “Ike Dike” — a 55-mile barrier, 17 feet high, that would be built along the Texas Gulf Coast to fend off the sort of devastating flooding inflicted by last year’s Hurricane Ike. The grand idea for what would probably be the biggest [...]
Published: June 5, 2009
Tags: Construction, Galveston, Hurricane Ike, Texas
Juan A. Lozano AP Writer Galveston, TX — Another hurricane season is the last thing Galveston wants to think about after last year’s devastation from Hurricane Ike. “Hurricane season got here a lot quicker than I thought it would,” said Steve LeBlanc, manager of the island city 50 miles southeast of Houston. “I’m still busy [...]