Ike and Galveston

Ike: Galveston's Big Break?

Isabel Cowles | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green


Isabel Cowles

The Sunday after Ike, I visited Austin for the first time. Power seemed weeks away, there was debris in the streets and the blessed cool front Houston...

Colossal Hurricane Ike lashes Texas coast

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO and PAULINE ARRILLAGA | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green


HOUSTON — A monster-sized Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday, threatening to rattle the sparkling skyscrapers of America's f...