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This is just a tiny piece of what happened in Crystal Beach, Texas during Hurricane Ike. Even though it has been many months since the storm came ashore, the destruction is still evident. In this shot alone, a pre-storm panorama would have included dozens of beach houses. The puddle of water just in front of the collapsed house WAS a road called Blue Water Drive, but the beach has encroached an additional 20 or so feet on that section of the penninsula. Google maps has good pre-storm imagery of the shooting location at http://tinyurl.com/bolivar-pano. On the map and facing north, the collapsed house is third from the right of the intersection of O'Neill Rd and Blue Water Dr.
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This panorama was taken at the ferry landng, which was the end of the trip started whe we took this panorama: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=31278
Note: On the voyage to Bolivar Peninsula on the Ferry, Robert H. Dedman, I saw a number of Dolfins playing as we cruised by them, but sadly on the return trip to Galveston, I saw none as I was taking a movie. There are always a number of ways to entertain yourself while on the Bolivar ferry: holding crackers up while the seagulls fly in to grab it drom your fingers, or you can always meet very interesting people ... every one has a story to share. However, in the case of heavy rain, bring a book. A Google search will bring-up a number of use links, but some information may not be valid because of the destruction caused by Ike. Now we begin a new trip as we return to Galveston Island. |
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This is a more artistic attempt than any of my previous work. Instead on single panoramic view, this is a selection of snapshots I took during a trip to Crystal Beach, Texas. Most of them are individual snapshots but I also included two legitimate, though small, panoramas that I took by hand. Comments and snapshots are welcome. |
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Crystal Beach is (was?) a town on Bolivar Peninsula, east of Galveston, Texas. Bolivar Peninsula was among the areas that suffered the hardest hit by Hurricane Ike, a storm that made landfall on September 13, 2008, at Galveston, as a category 2 hurricane. Few of the houses in this area survived the more than 12 feet high storm surge. This 360 panorama was taken 9 weeks after Ike's devastation; best viewed in Google Earth. |
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Plaza Teresa de Bolivar, Teror. Isla de Gran Canaria |
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De principio a fin, la calle Bolivar de Copacabana. (alias "El mundo es pequeño")
Do início ao fim, a ruas Bolivar, de Copacabana. (também conhecido por "O mundo é pequeno") From beginning to end, Bolivar street, in Copacabana. (a.k.a. "The world is small") |
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Plaza Bolivar en Pereira Risaralda |