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Sunset image taken from Texas City Dike. The Texas City Dike is a levee located in Texas City, Texas, United States that projects nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east into the mouth of Galveston Bay. [1] It is flanked by the north-eastern tip of Galveston Island and the south-western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula. The dike, one of the area's most ...
The Texas City Dike was overtopped by a greater than 12-foot (3.7 m) storm surge when Hurricane Ike barreled through the region in the early-morning hours of Saturday, September 13, 2008. Although all buildings, piers, and the Dike Road were destroyed, the dike itself weathered the storm.
The Ike Dike is a proposed coastal barrier that, when completed, would protect the Galveston Bay in Texas, United States. The project would be a dramatic enhancement of the existing Galveston Seawall , complete with floodgates, which would protect more of Galveston , the Bolivar Peninsula , the Galveston Bay Area , and Houston .
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Jan. 10—AUSTIN — Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham announced Wednesday that the General Land Office is currently accepting admissions for the 28th Annual Treasures of the Texas Coast ...
3 Texas City Dike. 2 comments. 4 Wind analysis news link. 1 comment. 5 Oct. 25 updated storm surge maps and Nov. 3 info. 1 comment. 6 A new news reference. 1 comment.
Isaac Lolette Jones (December 23, 1929 – October 5, 2014) was an American film producer and actor. In June 1953, he became the first Black American graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and, Television and the first Black American to serve as a producer on a major motion picture.