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Hurricane Ike is still fresh in the minds of Galveston residents, 18 years later

Hurricane Ike is still fresh in the minds of Galveston residents, 18 years later
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The Category 2 hurricane carried a storm surge up to 17 feet across the Bolivar Peninsula, damaged over 24-thousand structures around Galveston County and killed 100 people in the U.S. Two decades later, memorials of the storm's impact can be found scattered around the island.

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