One Gilchrist, TX House Defies Hurricane Ike
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | September 19, 2008
(Photo courtesy CNN’s AC360)
Here’s an amazing story out of Texas of a house that survived Hurricane Ike.
Aerial coverage from CNN for the past few days has shown one, lone yellow house in Gilchrist, TX, that remains standing while other homes around it were obliterated by the hurricane a week ago. Then, through CNN’s iReport feature, a helicopter pilot named Ray Asgar posted his iReport , which shows the house. Comments soon started getting snippy, saying the photo wasn’t “real,” it was Photo-Shopped (God was drawn into the discussion as well — you have to read them). Soon, a woman using the sign-in of “Kelley1″ jumped in and said the house is real and it’s her sister’s house! She even supplied photos, which Anderson Cooper’s AC360 Blog nicely wraps up with this must-see before and after shot of the house.
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Brett on September 22, 2008 7:22 am
Brett Shaw from Cyberhomes:
Wow! Who is the builder? The before and after does show some damage, but the home is completely salvageable. Plus, you won’t have to worry about annoying neighbors for awhile. That is simply amazing.
Vern Lewis on September 28, 2008 11:10 am
This is a classic example of the value of building to withstand storms on the GC. Why does not the Insurance industry give credits for this type construction?? Seems to me that the increased costs of construction will be well worth it, if entire coastal communities would follow the same guidelines! Shame on the insurance companies for being so short-sighted. I bet they would like to be paying out a lot less for those homes that have simply disappeared.
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