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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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The people that own this property, Allen and Mikey Isbell, are ministering to this congregation of people and are having Sunday Church Services in their greenhouse or sun-room as seen in this 360-degree panorama. A panorama of their actual church building has been seen in an earlier panorama: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/31296/ This congregation of people are waiting for the construction and repair of their building (Ike caused major interior damage) to be complete before they return, and each Sunday until then are meeting in the Isbell's greenhouse as explained in this newspaper articles from September and November, 2008: http://tinyurl.com/5ferpn and http://tinyurl.com/mkc4hk Over my lifetime, I have attended a few churches and have listened to a fair number of sermons, and I must honestly say that this service was sort of unique to me as I have never been among a group of people that have been through so much pain and agony as what these have been through this past year and still are excited about the work and the path that is set before them as they continue to help those that are in need in the city of Galveston, Texas. I was uplifted by Allen's sermon and was touched by their overwhelming friendliness and acceptance of me, a visitor, into their meeting place and would return more often if it were not for the long distance that separates Galveston from Houston. They have invited me back for their first church service in their renovated church building to take another GigaPan and I look forward to that occasion, whenever it may be. Note: This panorama can be seen in Google Earth as a beautiful 360-degree curved panorama on a curved surface by clicking the link, View in Google Earth. This hand-held panorama was taken with a Nikon D-70 using a Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6 G lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional information can be seen in Stitcher Notes. |
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Galveston is coming back from the devastation incurred due to Hurricane Ike. Buildings, once thought to be destroyed by some, are now being rebuilt.
Of some concern are the trees that line Broadway Avenue and one can see from this panorama that they are not healthy. If you go to Google Earth and view Galveston before they change the view from January, 2008, you will readily see how glorious Galveston once looked. In a few more days, the one year anniversary of Ike will be remembered, but for many, if not all on the Island, that particular Hurricane will never be forgotten. Additional information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike This panorama was taken with a Nikon D70 camera using a Nikkor 28-80 lens. The time of day was about 3PM and there had been recent rainfall. |
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Panorama taken from a Bolivar Ferry (Robert H. Dedman) prior to going from Galveston Island to Bolivar Peninsula.
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. A hand-held panorama taken with a Nikon D70 using a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens. Riding the ferry is always a fun trip and its free too :) |
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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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Galveston is coming back from the devastation incurred due to Hurricane Ike. Buildings, once thought to be destroyed by some, are now being rebuilt. Of some concern are the trees that line Broadway Avenue and one can see from this panorama that they are not healthy. If you go to Google Earth and view Galveston before they change the view from January, 2008, you will readily see how glorious Galveston once looked. In a few more days, the one year anniversary of Ike will be remembered, but for many, if not all on the Island, that Hurricane will always be remembered. Additional information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike This panorama was taken with a Nikon D70 camera using a Nikkor 28-80 lens. The time of day was about 3PM and there had been recent rainfall. |
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Taken of a historic Galveston cemetery just to the south of Broadway. There are actually seven cemeteries in the immediate area and some are better taken of than others: http://tinyurl.com/yjkmx7v and http://tinyurl.com/yhx3gr4
This hand-held panorama was taken using a Nikon D70 and a Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G lens and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Note: This 360-panorama can be seen in Google Earth as a curved panorama on a curved surface by clicking the link, View in Google Earth (assuming that you have Google Earth installed on your computer). |
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The Flagship Hotel is located midway down a 1,000 foot pier that extends into the Gulf of Mexico. Damage from the storm is evident in the panorama. A large piece of the building is missing from the (camera position) upper left narrow side. Also, both entrance ramps to the pier are damaged. One is completely collapsed and the other is partially down. Vehicles MAY have access to the pier on the partial side as there are two cars parked in the panorama, but these may have been abandoned there since Ike made landfall. Although the hotel website lists a mid-January opening date, this seems unlikely, as major structural work remains to be done. The google map pre-storm location can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/flagship-pano while the Flagship's website is at http://www.flagshiphotel.com/. |
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Finally, an uploaded tiff |