While we were on vacation, Hurricane Ike struck Haiti, Cuba and eventually Texas and Louisiana. I knew this was a big storm, but I had no idea the damage was this bad. Just look through these photographs from The Big Picture.
In its brief lifespan of only 13 days, Hurricane Ike wreaked great deal of havoc. Affecting several countries including Cuba, Haiti, and the United States, Ike is blamed for approximately 114 deaths (74 in Haiti alone), and damages that are still being tallied, with estimates topping $10 billion. Many shoreline communities of Galveston, Texas were wiped from the map by the winds, storm surge and the walls of debris pushed along by Ike – though Galveston was spared the level of disaster it suffered in 1900. (28 photos total)
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