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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 13 > Bouncing back a year after Ike

Bouncing back a year after Ike

Southeast Texas residents surprised, grateful at progress since the state’s costliest storm

By Juan A. Lozano / The Bulletin
September 13, 2009

CRYSTAL BEACH, Texas — Anne Willis, a lifelong resident of Bolivar Peninsula, moved back to her hometown of Crystal Beach nearly three months after Hurricane Ike.

The storm had shattered homes, leaving only concrete slabs and splintered wooden beams. Electricity had just returned, but at night....

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