Ike's wake

A few before-and-after photos of places ravaged by Ike have been released by by the USGS. You can view the information here; more pictures will be added soon.

Here are the photos that have been released at this point. Anybody who thinks the warnings that those who remained "may face certain death" were unnecessarily strong... well, these pictures put that to rest. The blue arrows point out an identifiable feature in each of the pairs.