One house in a sea of destruction....

TheEnforcer · 09-19-2008

You gotta check out the pictures that accompanies the article... there's a slideshow of them

Their house survived Ike, but it's the only one left

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/ike...ing/index.html

By Jason Hanna
CNN

(CNN) -- Warren and Pam Adams lost a house to Hurricane Rita in 2005, so it seems they'd be relieved to learn their new home withstood Hurricane Ike.

But not when their house is the only one still standing in their section of Gilchrist, Texas.

Ike's storm surge last week devastated the Bolivar Peninsula town, flattening most of the roughly 200 homes there. The couple's yellow house at the beach -- supported 14 feet off the ground by wooden columns -- was the only house on Gilchrist's Gulf Coast side not to be flattened.

"As we got there, the tears started flowing," Warren Adams, 63, said Thursday after his first visit to the home since evacuating. "There's a yellow house sitting there, but that's all. It was devastating."

Although the house is there, it might not continue to stand. Huge storm surges walloped the interior, making it uninhabitable and destroying many belongings.

RawAlex · 09-19-2008

It's the only one left standing, but it is destroyed anyway (water damaged and such).

The real question is why people are allowed to build houses in a location that requires them to be on stilts for flooding and gets hit with hurricanes and such on a fairly regular basis?

At the end of the day, someone is paying for this stuff.

TheEnforcer · 09-19-2008

Yeah.. not my idea of a goo place to live.

09-19-2008	#1
TheEnforcer Scored VIP to Anton's Piss Tank Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,781	One house in a sea of destruction.... You gotta check out the pictures that accompanies the article... there's a slideshow of them Their house survived Ike, but it's the only one left http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/ike...ing/index.html By Jason Hanna CNN (CNN) -- Warren and Pam Adams lost a house to Hurricane Rita in 2005, so it seems they'd be relieved to learn their new home withstood Hurricane Ike. But not when their house is the only one still standing in their section of Gilchrist, Texas. Ike's storm surge last week devastated the Bolivar Peninsula town, flattening most of the roughly 200 homes there. The couple's yellow house at the beach -- supported 14 feet off the ground by wooden columns -- was the only house on Gilchrist's Gulf Coast side not to be flattened. "As we got there, the tears started flowing," Warren Adams, 63, said Thursday after his first visit to the home since evacuating. "There's a yellow house sitting there, but that's all. It was devastating." Although the house is there, it might not continue to stand. Huge storm surges walloped the interior, making it uninhabitable and destroying many belongings.

09-19-2008	#2
RawAlex Members $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,036	Re: One house in a sea of destruction.... It's the only one left standing, but it is destroyed anyway (water damaged and such). The real question is why people are allowed to build houses in a location that requires them to be on stilts for flooding and gets hit with hurricanes and such on a fairly regular basis? At the end of the day, someone is paying for this stuff. __________________ Let's go to the edge of disaster Push the pedal and go a little faster Let's slam into a wall at ramming speed Let's go to the edge of a mountain Jump off and lets start countin' Hit the ground and tell me if it bleeds

09-19-2008	#3
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