![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/07t.jpg) New summer house "Seaside Homes" on Water Drive, shaped as a crystal by hurricane Ike, view Crystal Beach. Port Bolivar, Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/06t.jpg) Recently built "Seaside Homes" summer house, damaged by hurricane Ike, on Water Drive east from O Neil Street, near Crystal Beach. Port Bolivar, Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/02t.jpg) Summer house moved across Port Bolivar Cemetery from 941 Magnolia Street by flood water from hurricane Ike. Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/09t.jpg) House damaged by hurricane Ike at 1200 block (east side) of Galveston Avenue, view from a beach. Port Bolivar, Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/04t.jpg) House foundation damaged by hurricane Ike on South Melody Lane. Port Bolivar, Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/08t.jpg) Round hurricane-proof summer house at 1200 block of Anderson Avenue. Port Bolivar, Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/01t.jpg) Lighthouse in Port Bolivar, view from Road 108 spur. Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/03t.jpg) Tomb of a fisherman J. A. G. (1972 - 2005) in Port Bolivar Cemetery. Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/16t.jpg) A carcass of Episcopal Church of the Redeemer at 610 Water Street near Beach Drive in Biloxi, with remains of Hurricane Camille Memorial behind it. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/687/jpeg/24t.jpg) Twin high-rise towers of Palisade Palms Condominiums and beach access boardwalk over dunes washed away by hurricane Ike to East Beach. Galveston, Texas, November 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2434/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ice crystal on grasses on a lawn on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, January 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/704/jpeg/10t.jpg) Bolivar Free Ferry, with Galveston in background. Texas, January 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/358/jpeg/18t.jpg) Atlantic Ocean and Waves Mansion from Bailey s Beach at the end of Bellevue Avenue in Newport (the water is rough because of Isabel hurricane in North Carolina). Rhode Island, September 18, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/15t.jpg) Washed away streets of Port Sulphur, near Road 23, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/687/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fragments of beach access boardwalk from Beachtown over dunes (gone after hurricane Ike) to East Beach. Galveston, Texas, November 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/07t.jpg) Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum) on a beach a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/687/jpeg/25t.jpg) Remains of beach access boardwalk from Palisade Palms Condominiums over dunes to East Beach (the dunes were gone after a hurricane Ike). Galveston, Texas, November 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/700/jpeg/14t.jpg) Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on Duncan Field on campus of Texas A and M University, view from George Bush Drive, with Coke Drive in background. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/687/jpeg/20t.jpg) Skeletal remains of a pier that used to hold Balinese Room, a nightclub and a former dancing hall and an illegal casino at 2108 Seawall Boulevard that extended 600 feet from Seawall Boulevard at 21st Street into the Gulf of Mexico and that was washed away by hurricane Ike. Galveston, Texas, November 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/11t.jpg) Hurricane castoffs at Long Beach. Mississippi, February 4, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/688/jpeg/05t.jpg) Beach pavillion (damaged after hurricane Ike) of Apffel Park. Galveston, Texas, November 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/20t.jpg) A house at 138 Mimosa Drive, near Road 23 in Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/18t.jpg) Area of Mimosa Drive in Port Sulphur, near Road 23, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/04t.jpg) Remains of washed away North Beach Boulevard and Old McDonald House - Kevin and Sherrye Webster house (1889) at 502 North Beach Boulevard. Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, February 4, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/08t.jpg) Close-up of rosy brown waxy cap mushrooms (Hygrophorus roseobrunneus) on bare soil on the trail washed out by water stream on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of rosy brown waxy cap mushrooms (Hygrophorus roseobrunneus) on bare soil on the trail washed out by water stream on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/07t.jpg) Gills of rosy brown waxy cap mushrooms (Hygrophorus roseobrunneus) on bare soil on the trail washed out by water stream on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/16t.jpg) East Bellevue Drive in Port Sulphur, view from Road 23, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/19t.jpg) A house at 113 Mimosa Drive, floated to Road 23 in Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/03t.jpg) Washed away houses near North Beach Boulevard. Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, February 4, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1603/jpeg/01t.jpg) Grey seal washed up on a beach near Sestroretsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cross section of rosy brown waxy cap mushrooms (Hygrophorus roseobrunneus) on bare soil on the trail washed out by water stream on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/495/jpeg/17t.jpg) Area of East Bellevue Drive in Port Sulphur, view from Road 23, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/04t.jpg) Rosy brown waxy cap mushrooms (Hygrophorus roseobrunneus) under oak and elm trees with several pines, near an oxbow, on bare soil on the trail washed out by water stream on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1777/jpeg/04t.jpg) Marine trash washed out on a beach below a rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/552/jpeg/07t.jpg) A tree washed away on a beach of Ship Island, with ruins of casinos in Biloxi on horizon. Mississippi, October 29, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/358/jpeg/23t.jpg) Waves originated from a nearby Isabel hurricane and moving against wind, view from Horseneck Beach. Westport, Massachusetts, September 18, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/03t.jpg) Rosy brown waxy cap mushrooms (Hygrophorus roseobrunneus) on bare soil on the trail washed out by water stream and in grass on the side of the trail, in area of frequent floodings, on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 5, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/229/jpeg/01t.jpg) A granite pillar among ruins of ancient harbour washed out by the sea at Mediterranean beach in southern Ashkelon. The Middle East, September 19, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/24t.jpg) Masses of leathery fruits of mangrove washed out on a beach of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1536/jpeg/08t.jpg) Various vegetation on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) water well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black ant on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dry grasses on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/15t.jpg) Beach sands in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/25t.jpg) Fruits and dry twigs of mangrove (Avicennia marina) washed out on a beach of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/22t.jpg) Leathery fruits of mangrove (Avicennia marina) washed out on a beach of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cockroach (ventral view) in an apartment on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, January 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/01t.jpg) Windblown sand near a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1536/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sand mounds on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) water well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/04t.jpg) Texture of windblown sand near a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/05t.jpg) Plant of Suaeda aegyptiaca near a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/02t.jpg) Windblown sand at sunrise near a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1536/jpeg/09t.jpg) Salt tolerant plants on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) water well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/03t.jpg) Petting American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) in an apartment on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, January 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/702/jpeg/21t.jpg) Green Emerald Geometrid moth Nemoria(?) on a door of apartment at George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, January 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1536/jpeg/05t.jpg) Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) water well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/03t.jpg) Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in windblown sand near a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/549/jpeg/07t.jpg) A cutting between West and East Ship Islands created by a hurricane "Camille", with a dead tree stand on East Ship Island (mostly submerged after a hurricane "Katrina") visible on horizon. Mississippi, October 8, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1743/jpeg/06t.jpg) Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) covered by windblown sand near a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/06t.jpg) Young flower of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dark-red inflorescence of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/07t.jpg) Emerging flower of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fleshy flowers of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flower of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) with red scales on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/21t.jpg) Emerging dark-red flowers of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/10t.jpg) Minute scarlet flowers of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1536/jpeg/06t.jpg) Club-shaped flowers of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) water well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1536/jpeg/10t.jpg) Club-shaped flowers of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) water well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 30, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/14t.jpg) Emerging dark-red inflorescence of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/09t.jpg) Club-shaped inflorescense of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/544/jpeg/01t.jpg) Port Pontchartrain Lighthouse (Milneburg Lighthouse) on the north side of Shore Drive at the end of Elysian Fields Avenue, in a park of University of New Orleans. New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown leaves of Tetraena qatarense (Zygophyllum qatarense) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/706/jpeg/02t.jpg) Large yellow head shield and antennae of American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) on a carpet floor of an apartment on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, January 30, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/12t.jpg) Salt tolerant parasitic plants of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/03t.jpg) Suaeda aegyptiaca (Chenopodium aegyptiacum, local names juliman, guluman, ikhreet, hamd) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dissected fleshy inflorescence of a parasitic plant Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) taken from a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dark-red flowers of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) on fleshy, unbranched stems on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/565/jpeg/23t.jpg) A fence breached by a hurricane in West End Park at sunrise. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/01t.jpg) Large plant of Suaeda aegyptiaca (Chenopodium aegyptiacum, local names juliman, guluman, ikhreet, hamd) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/489/jpeg/22t.jpg) Hurricane damage near Deslonde Street in Lower Ninth Ward. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 22, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/565/jpeg/22t.jpg) A fence damaged by hurricane waves in West End Park at sunrise. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/09t.jpg) Beach Drive (Road 90) in Gulfport. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/700/jpeg/13t.jpg) Black Hawk helicopter crashed on Duncan Field on campus of Texas A and M University, view from George Bush Drive, with Corps of Cadets quad in background. College Station, Texas, January 13, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/11t.jpg) Parasitic plant Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) with a host plant Zygophyllum qatarense on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/13t.jpg) Grand Casino near Beach Drive in Biloxi. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/14t.jpg) Remains of a mansion(?) near Beach Drive in Biloxi. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ruins of a casino(?) near Beach Drive in Biloxi. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/16t.jpg) Large plant of desert heliotrope (turnsole, Heliotropium bacciferum, local names ramram, danab al agrab, Ramram) on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1526/jpeg/22t.jpg) Parasitic plants of Desert Thumb (Cynomorium coccineum, local name tartouth) forming "fairy ring" circle near a host plant Zygophyllum qatarense on a beach in the area of Al Hamala (Al Hamlah) Water Well near Umm Bab. South-western Qatar, January 10, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/24t.jpg) Damaged Road 90 (Beach Drive) in Pass Christian. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/19t.jpg) Piled tombstones of a cemetery near Beach Drive in Biloxi. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/15t.jpg) A damaged summer resort near Beach Drive in Biloxi. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2210/jpeg/02t.jpg) A water tower and wegetation in snow in a creek on Redmond Drive. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2614/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dry seeds on a beach near Boddeker Drive in Ro Apffel Park. Galveston, Texas, December 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/515/jpeg/18t.jpg) Crumbling concrete blocks of a casino(?) near Beach Drive in Biloxi. Mississippi, April 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1529/jpeg/05t.jpg) Al Wakra port at morning. Qatar, January 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/610/jpeg/25t.jpg) Area of Spear, with Southern Pacific Railroad and Wellborn Road to the left, Old Railroad Grade (Marion Pugh Drive) to the right, George Bush Drive and Rodeo Ground on the bottom, view from a window of a plane. College Station, Texas, January 8, 2008
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