09-12-2008 Hurricane Ike Galveston Texas Storm Surge

**NOT FOR BROADCAST** Contact Brett Adair with Live Storms Media to license. brett@livestormsnow.com Incredible storm surge beating the seawall in Galveston, TX the evening before Hurricane Ike made landfall. Winds were gusting to near 70 mph at this point. Most of the buildings you see in this video don't exist any longer. The first building you see in the video is the historic Balinese Room. This is some of the last known video of the place still standing.