Hurricane over Galveston

As I said in an earlier post, just a month before my trip Hurricane Ike hit the Houston area quite badly. In the direct path of destruction was the little holiday town Galveston... and to make it short, it will take them several years to recover from this devastation.
Galveston is a lovely down directly on the waterfront with a beach which stretches for miles and miles. Lot's of little bars are build right on the beach or on poles onto the ocean.


And as you can see that seem to be the place where you don't want to be when a Hurricane hits. While the devastation in Houston and the suburbs was mostly roofs, windows and advertisement signs over here you had entire buildings getting flattened.
And in between the ruins you had lots of tourists taking pictures and having drinks in the repaired bars around. I guess the first signs of an economical recovery at least.

But I wouldn't worry too much about Galveston. Even with all the damage it is still a great place to see with a fantastic beach and great nightlife. And at least the beach will remain regardless what Hurricane hits next ;-)

For next years summer vacation this is definitely an alternative to Florida! Let's see...