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hurricane ike port bolivar texas
Tuesday, Sep. 16, 2008

Open quoteThis was the meanest — the meanest — ugliest, longest storm I've ever seen.Close quote

  • DEEANN SHERMAN,
  • a resident of the Bolivar peninsula, near Galveston, Texas. Sherman and her husband were trapped on the peninsula for four days after Hurricane Ike hit the area
Photo: David J. Phillip / AP | Source: New York Times