It has become clear that Galveston Island was nearly ruined by Hurricane Ike. But compared to the Bolivar Peninsula ... of residents were planning to meet after a church service to "try to ...

13, 2008, communities that had stood for almost 100 years on the Bolivar Peninsula were nearly ... compared to 6,000 before Ike. "After the storm, there was the fear that you wouldn't be able ...

“I’ve seen it go from after the storm ... Another clear sign of Bolivar’s slow return, before Ike, there were 6200 water meters. Now there are 3900, but the peninsula is adding 25 new ...

PORT BOLIVAR, Texas — Over a plate of fried oysters, Sid Bose recounted what was left of Bolivar Peninsula in ... be the same as they were before. The year before Ike hit Southeast Texas was ...

Waves crash onto khaki-colored beaches within sight of Texas 87, the highway that serves as the Bolivar ... 6,000 residents lived on the peninsula before Ike, and that population has been building ...

These contradictions exist all along Bolivar ... Ike. To help shoulder the tax hike, mortgage payments and other expenses, more returning peninsula residents are renting out their properties than ...

PORT BOLIVAR — It was a haunting statement, spoken with the kind of conviction that now seems to epitomize the story of dozens of people who remain missing after Hurricane Ike: "I just called to ...

Workers removed the stained glass windows from the church — the last Catholic Church standing on the Bolivar Peninsula after Hurricane Ike carried away thousands of structures — and demolished ...

Nearly eight months after Hurricane Beryl battered the Texas coast, some businesses along the Bolivar Peninsula are still ... two years after Hurricane Ike, providing essential supplies to anglers ...

Read full article: Where Houston families can still find help after Uplift Harris funding shift BOLIVAR PENINSULA ... The devastation of Ike brought tears to his eyes after he saw the destruction ...

Now the "Ike Dike" project, as it has become commonly ... The plan is to construct a series of gates between Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, which serves as the entryway into the Houston ...

CRYSTAL BEACH - In a span of hours on Sept. 13, 2008, communities that had stood for almost 100 years on the Bolivar Peninsula were nearly wiped off the map by a furious storm named Ike.