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A house in the Bay Area displays the emotions and feelings felt by many of the residents advised to evacuate the sea-level town of Houston. While major landfall of the the Houston-Galveston Metro only lasted for an evening, damage to the surrounding areas of Seabrook, Kemah, and Galveston would result in repairs exceeding $38 billion.
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Six hours after Hurricane Ike made landfall, residential streets were still flodded with debris blocking many storm drains.
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A single rose plucked from the bush sits on a pile of debris blown from the landfall of Hurricane Ike. After experiencing Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Harris County and the Houston Galveston metro braced for another storm, which after all counts resulted in over 100 deaths and billions in damage.
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A Coast Guard airplane departs from Ellington Field in Webster, TX to survey the damage from Hurricane Ike. Making landfall at 2:10AM on September 1th, residents of Seabrook and Kemah reported major flooding resulting from the outer bands of precipitation as early as 7PM the evening before. The storm would end up totalnig over $37 billion on repair costs displacing many along the Texas Gulf Coast and devestating Galveston Island.
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A sailboat from the nearby marina on Clear Lake was blown aground during Hurricane Ike at the intersection of Space Center Blvd. and Nasa Road 1, just a short distance from the Johnson Space Center.
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Traffic lights blown every which way by high winds as Hurricane Ike made landfall early in the morning of September 13th. Many residents were without electricity for weeks as officials made repairs to badly beaten communities in Houston, Seabrook, Galveston, Kemah, and Brownsville.
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A Clear Lake resident cleans up debris strewn across the front lawn on the morning following landfall of Hurricane Ike. In a geographic area of the nation that had seen in recent years the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Ike, despite planning and preparation by Harris County and Houston officals would be the third costliest storm in history, resulting in over $35 billion in repairs and over 100 related deaths.
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Inae Jennings, a resident of Clear Lake surveys her back yard the morning after Hurricane Ike made landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast. Jennings, who lives with her husband and father in law, a veteran of WWII, received help from local volunteers in clearing the massive amounts of debris blown around by the storm.
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Brush and debris fill a residential street on the morning of September 13th, following the landfall of Hurricane Ike. The storm would cause over $37 billion in damage to the surrounding communities of Houston, Galveston, Seabrook, Kemah, and Brownsville.
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A member of the Clear Lake High School Flairs, the school's premier dance group, hangs up the trademark hat for the last time at the annual Spring Show. With over 30 years of dancing on and off the field, the Flairs perform at football games and other sporting events in the trademark cavalier outfit. A number of their members earn generous scholarships to pursue dance at the colleigate level.
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The annual Clear Lake High School Flair's Spring Show in Houston, Texas. A tradition since the school opened it's doors in the early 70's, the flairs are an icon of dance excellence, found at numerous sporting events and dance competitions throughout the year.
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The Clear Lake High School class of 2011 proceeds onto the field at Veteran's Memorial Stadium in League City, TX for commencement ceremonies. The class of 2011 produced graduates heading to nearly every Ivy League school in addition to a number of students entereing military service.
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On-deadline editorial Image for Clear Lake High School on what not to wear to commencement ceremonies. From request for image to final delivery was less than an hour.
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A worshipper lights a candle at University Baptist Church's Vision Weekend, a discipleship and outreach event in the Clear Lake area.
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A pendulum clock strickes another minute at the Museum of Natural Science in Houston, TX.
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A butterfly in the pyramid exhibit at the Museum of Natural Science in Houston, TX.
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A paleolithic-era dinosaur exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.