Hurricane Ike Along the Upper Texas Coast: An Introduction

Abstract

This paper serves as an introduction for a group of papers documenting the severe coastal damage caused by Hurricane Ike that struck the Texas coast and southwest Louisiana coast in mid-September 2008. Background is first given to orient readers to the coastal area. The unusually long storm surge accompanying the hurricane is examined and its consequences for evacuation and property damage noted. Selected observations of damage to structures on west Galveston Island are then presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508843

Entities

People

  • Lihwa Lin
  • Nicholas C. Kraus

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Barrier Islands
  • Concrete
  • Disasters
  • Engineers
  • Evacuation
  • Floods
  • Hurricanes
  • Louisiana
  • Photography
  • Precipitation
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Shores
  • Storm Surges
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Business Analytics
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security