Bridge City remembers Hurricane Ike 10 years later

According to FEMA, Hurricane Ike reached Texas just after 2 A.M. on September 13, 2018.

Bridge City was one of the areas hit hardest by the storm, with fewer than 20 homes left untouched, according to city officials.

"Hurricane Ike made landfall over Galveston, TX, on

September 13, 2008 at 2:10 a.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Hurricane Ike was the ninth named storm during the 2008

hurricane season and the most significant of the three that hit Texas

in 2008. It was the seventh storm of the season to hit the United

States mainland. At one point in time, the tropical-force winds

spanned 600 miles across the Gulf of Mexico as the hurricane

approached Texas. It is estimated that the storm surge generated by

Hurricane Ike affected an area of approximately 310 miles along the

Gulf of Mexico coastline. -FEMA"