Hurricane Ike’s rising waters stripped the Bolivar Peninsula of the majority of its structures. Man made drainage channels and nonnative lawns created vast “scour
zones” where little native vegetation remained. 暴風后一片狼藉，人造草坪和排水渠形成大片沖刷區，只剩原生植被依舊。
Current building regulations leave property owners playing a dangerous financial game
of Russian roulette with hurricane inundation. 目前的建筑法可能會讓業主一無所有
Risks within the 100 year storm surge are clear and easily measured through both historic surge depth and modeled inundation. 350,000 people live within 25' of sea level
and experience a gradient of storm surge. 百年風暴警戒區劃分。35萬人居住在25年風暴警戒區內。
Galveston Bay's funneling geometry places the communities of West Bay in harm's way; 244,500 people and 81,500 jobs exist within the 25' contour.244500人和8萬個工作機會都在25年風暴警戒區內。
