Wallisville, Texas photos by Gene Dailey September 15 , 2008 Click on photo to download the Hi-res file

2327 . September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. Marsha Wilcox recounts many fond memories of her home, built by her great grandfather, as she surveys the damage.  . Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2220. September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. Imagine coming home to this…  Hurricane Ike has changed the lives of so many along the Gulf Coast. Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2227. September 15, 2008.  Wallisville, Texas. The water line on this house is almost all the way to the roof.  A wall of water easily ripped home from its foundation. Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2219. September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. People are often stunned when they see how the floodwater picks items up in one room and deposits them in another.  A storm surge damages twice – once as it rushes in and then again as it rushes back to sea. Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2329. September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. Marsha Wilcox’s neighbors stop by to offer their support.  “Our family has lived here for over 150 years. Now all that history is gone.” Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2331. September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. Tommy and Marsha Wilcox take one final look at their severely damaged family home before calling it a day. Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2236. September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. In this home the dryer ended up in the same room as the living room couch.  From the ceiling damage it is obvious that the water here was over eight feet deep. Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2275.  September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. Marsha Wilcox examines some of her kitchen dishes, which Ike’s storm water pulled from the cupboard and gently placed on the floor without even breaking a plate.  The same water ripped both kitchen doors completely off their frames. Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2296 . September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. Marsha Wilcox recounts many fond memories of her home, built by her great grandfather, as she surveys the damage.  Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross
2217.  September 15, 2008. Wallisville, Texas. When floodwater enters a house it will often blow out the opposite wall.  The force of the storm surge continues to fill the home with water until something gives.  The force literally rips the house apart from the inside out. Photographer: Gene Dailey/American Red Cross 2493. September 17,  2008. When storms like Hurricane Ike knock out power to entire neighborhoods, families rely on the Red Cross to bring them hot meals and water.  Gene Dailey/American Red Cross 2462. September 17, 2008. Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern hands out bottled water to families whose power was knocked out by Hurricane Ike. Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2373. September 17, 2008.  Because of widespread power outages in Houston, the American Red Cross has set up an extensive feeding operation that includes delivering food directly into the neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Ike.  Rosa Campos and her daughters Ana and Raquel pick up a hot meal from the Red Cross mobile feeding vehicle.
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2449. September 17, 2008.  Maluisa picks up hot meals for herself and her mother from the Red Cross mobile feeding vehicle in Houston, Texas. Hurricane Ike knocked out power to their neighborhood. Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

2428. September 17, 2008. Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern chats with Gabriella Centero while serving meals from the Red Cross mobile feeding vehicle. Many neighborhoods in Houston are without power, so the Red Cross is delivering meals to those living in the affected neighborhoods.  Gene Dailey/American Red Cross
   

2487. September 17, 2008.  Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern dishes up hot meals from the back of a Red Cross mobile feeding vehicle for families affected by Hurricane Ike.  Gene Dailey/American Red Cross

    
     

 

 

 

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