Chaos After The Storm

It took a few weeks before we were able to get down and see the damage ourselves. We were able to see the house still standing from some of the satellite images that were taken after the storm, but of course could not see well enough to understand what kind of damage we were facing. Dad and Jean were the first to venture down and witness the destruction. I don't think that anyone can explain how our 30 year old house survived when all of our neighbors houses were wiped off the map entirely.

Road to the beach. We have a beach front view now!
Woven wall hanging and bedspread are untouched somehow.
The paneling was not in great shape before the storm, but it wasn't this bad!
Note the ladder going up into what was the sliding door. It was the only way to get up into the place since the decking was missing.

Here is the sliding door that is missing in the picture above.
Chaos all around, yet the tissue box didn't seem to move an inch. The door handle in the bottom center is on the door that was against the south wall, now in the center of the house. Recliner moved about 6 feet as well.
Pictures still hanging straight and again, bedspread just like we left it. Sad to see that the 1st comfortable couch we've had at the beach is now ruined.
In the pre-Ike post you'll notice how lush this tree was. Not so much anymore. Old stairs are also gone. And of course the entire underneath has been wiped out. Dad's boat trailer stuck around, but the boat is gone.
This is where our neighbor's house to the East once sat. Now it is a new lagoon. Can't fathom how this happened.
And here is the old lagoon. Now it has a nice sand bar in the middle.