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Hurricane Ike Hazard Mitigation

Best Practices and Hurricane Safe

Click anywhere on the links below to read illustrated stories on the mitigation measures Texans took to reduce or prevent damage from the Hurricane Ike disaster. Each full-color "Best Practices" brochure is in PDF format and can be downloaded and printed from your computer.

Also available for download is the publication "Hurricane Safe," a full-color, eight-page tabloid loaded with information about elevating homes and electrical systems, strengthening roofs against high winds, hiring contractors, buying flood insurance and much more.

Link: Quick reopening of supermarket served Galveston citizens

Link: Hazard mitigation saves historic Galveston home

Link: Storm proves Surfside Beach buyouts were good investment

Link: Read all about it: Galveston Newspaper never misses a beat

Link: KPRC weatherman builds above Hurricane Ike storm surge

Link: Galveston neighborhood gets high marks in hurricane test

Link: Building codes helped Bolivar Penninsula homes survive

Link: Homes built with love - and lots of extra nails

Link: Elevation saved family home from Hurricane Ike

Link: Mitigation measures protected University from floods

Link: Mayor steers Tiki Island turnabout

Link: 1907 elevation saved Galveston church from flooding

Link: Shutters provided peace of mind during storm

Link: Mitigation measures keep hospital afloat during storm

Link: Eight pages of illustrated stories on the many ways to mitigate storm damage

 

 






 

 

Last Modified: Monday, 15-Jun-2009 12:56:01 EDT