CRYSTAL BEACH AFTER IKE

credit: David J. Phillip


The Beach House Thursday morning would have looked like this. (Middle Picture, flags waving and a smile on her face!)

Ike arrived, and the whole place went away. It is so hard to believe all this.

I found these pictures on the Crystal Beach.com page.

Folks, this is amazing. You can see that the first 8-10 rows were virturally wiped out! We had a house on the 2nd row.

It looks like a bomb was dropped on us.
The first 5 rows are nothing but sand from the beach.

The next rows are spotty at best.

We were so lucky...we did get to enjoy our little cabin for 10 years. What fun and good memories. We loved the little house and it had been the one I had wanted since I first visited Crystal Beach with my Sister-in-law.

We were able to buy it, and make up for the saddness of losing our beloved 417 Ranch of 19 years. It took a place in our hearts, like the Ranch had done years before. Luckily we don't think there are too many who were injured or worse.

Things are nice...we value our possessions, we grab our pictures, we try to save as much as possible if we have time...but saving your life is the best move. Several people got caught on Bolivar Peninsula because the storm surge was 10 hours ahead of the storm. They were trapped. Now where does that house and possession go if you die? Someone asked if they could help board up the house..as it ends up, boarding wouldn't have done one thing. We have never seen anything like this in our 10 years there...the natives say there hasn't been anything like this perhaps since 1900. Rumor has it 4 weeks for electricity...and they may not let us live on Bolivar again. hmmmmm interesting days ahead.

(Thanks to David J. Phillip for the pictures of Ike's dirty deed) .

Beach House, RIP