Hurricane Ike - The storm that nearly destroyed Galveston

[@jenniferruth812]

1:47 that loan standing house is impressive.

[@MickeysCorner]

How tall of a wall did they need to save everything?

[@Joshua429]

Probably a 30ft one at this point

[@keetonplace]

@@Joshua429 Why do you say at this time?

[@keetonplace]

The Galveston seawall, built after the Great Storm of 1900 is 17 feet high and 8 miles long. This hurricane is the worst natural disaster in this country's history. Please don't compare it to any other storms. There just aren't any.

[@Johnson48ize]

The rail trolleys are back & running now

[@robloxrobuxgrove9347]

It took my mom 12 hours to get out of Galveston and I'm glad my mom survived

[@vitopannucci2001]

Wow, I'm glad she was safe! No question the evacuation was horribly executed. Can't get 50,000 people off an island in that time span. I hope the next evac is orchestrated better with what they learned. Here's how I would do it. Every available bus in Houston. Each one, escorted by GPD announcing free bus evac on the PA, combs every residential street every 30 minutes. Reward system for people evacuating that use empty seats to bring people out of the impact zone. Buy out the gas from every station on the island. Free gas to everyone helping others get to safety. I know most of these ideas are not great, but if there are better ideas let me know. When it's a race against death, saving a life isn't that expensive

[@cats400]

The trolleys will come back. The city of Galveston is committed to bringing them back. I believe the shells are being rebuilt by a firm in Indiana.

[@soandso3080]

saw them testing

[@vitopannucci2001]

They are back!! Saw them running this weekend! They only run on the weekends, and it's $1 to ride!

[@connorsavoy9159]

I know this video is two years old by the time of my viewing. But Galveston just reopened the old trolley lines!

[@heroknaderi]

I remember it was pretty bad.

[@illegalghost7117]

Fun fact: I was born in that hurricane I was supposed to be evacuated but they had decided not to

[@Joshua429]

0:36 hmm September 11th ehh it’s probably nothing

[@chipdarbymusic]

Wow knowing the neighbor community of Bolivar WAS destroyed completly.... wiped out.... and this?

[@drunkenpelositreasonousbid2566]

It is now 2021 and it's known as ghetto Island

[@cats400]

It can definitely be ghetto in some areas, but Galveston has such good history and culture

[@supercop1864]

in 2022, I can confirm its flooded by illegals, tourists, and gangbangers now.

[@mariewilliams2791]

Galveston has some parts that is ghetto but it’s more history and beach and places people travel to. It’s not to bad

[@vitopannucci2001]

l m a o have you thought of doing a routine?????

[@rbjones72703]

You obviously not stayed at the Grand Galvez