The Galveston Historical Society is selling bronze plaques so Galvestonians can mark the "debris line" or high water mark from Hurricane Ike. The plaques are actually a fundraiser for their restoration projects. Anyway, a little burger joint/bar at the corner of Post Office and 21st - the Stork Club - took the concept to another level by researching and posting the high water marks for each notable storm. It's a little hard to read the plaques from the wide shot, but provides some perspective on storm surges.
The lowest water mark is from Alicia in 1983
Followed by Carla in '61
Then the 1900 and 1915 storms
WAY above the rest is the water mark from Ike. It's not as powerful in a photo, but when you stand next to it and understand how high THE OCEAN was, with waves on top of that, it's pretty amazing that anything was left standing on the island.
It really makes you wonder what things looked like over on Bolivar where everything was completely destroyed!
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