Sharon Steinmann - Photojournalist

Oak Island after Ike

Residents of Oak Island, Texas returned to find what remained of their homes after Hurricane Ike ravaged the Gulf Coast on September 13, 2008. Ninety percent of the 250 homes in the small community were destroyed. Amazingly, many residents refused to leave choosing to camp or live on boats as they waited for weeks for trailers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

  • Residents of Oak Island, Texas returned to find what remained of their homes after Hurrican Ike ravaged the Gulf Coast on September 13, 2008.  Ninety percent of the 250 homes in the small community were destroyed. Amazingly, many residents refused to leave choosing to camp or live on boats as they waited for trailers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  • Linda McPike looks for her belongings in the remains of her home on Oak Island in Chambers County on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.  She and her husband are not sure that they will rebuild.
  •  Jami Chavez prays with her son Samuel Chavez, 7, during Sunday services outside at Oak Island Baptist Church on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008, in Oak Island.  The church held Sunday services outside for the second week in a row after Hurricane Ike destroyed most of the homes and buildings in the community. The Chavez family lost their home and is staying in a home with five other displaced families.
  • Michael Casonover's family salvages what they can from their home on Oak Island in Chambers County on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008.
  • Michael Casonover sits with his granddaughter near the slab of his destroyed home in Oak Island.
  • Michael Casonover and his girlfriend's daughter Zoe Key, 6, look out over the bay near the site where they lost their home during Hurricane Ike.
  • Steve Shiver looks at the rubble where their home once stood in Oak Island. They are living in a tug boat at Double Bayou in Oak Island after Hurricane Ike destroyed their home.  Steve operates the boats and his employer is keeping it docked as long as possible for the Shiver family.
  • The tugboat where the Shiver family lived for weeks on Oak Island.
  • Margaret Shiver feeds her grandson DeWayn Eddings, four months, on the tug boat where she and her husband Steve Shiver are living since Hurricane Ike destroyed their home.
  • Seen through a porthole, Margaret Shiver watches television and babysits her grandson Kaleb Shiver, 2, in the tug boat
  • Margaret grills on the tug boat.
  • Brianna Shiver, 16, left, sleeps with her son DeWayne Shiver Eddings on the tug boat her parents living in on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Oak Island. At right is Brianna's mother Margaret Shiver.
  • Margaret watches her grandson Kaleb Shiver, 2, near the slab where her home once stood on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Oak Island.
  • Brianna Shiver, 16, changes her son DeWayne Shiver Eddings on the slab of her family's home that was destroyed by Hurrcane Ike.
  • Melissa Sliger kisses her daughter Zoe Key, 6, in front of their RV  in Oak Island in Chambers County on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008.
  •  Zoe Key, 6, sits outside her RV in Oak Island.
  •  Zoe Key, 6, and her mother Melissa Sliger get ready to eat a meal given to them by the Red Cross in their RV on Oak Island.
  • Mike Casanover plays with his granddaughter Mackynze Morris, 1, in in front of his RV on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, in Oak Island.
  • Steve Shiver peers into the FEMA trailer that was delivered to his property last week in Oak Island on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008. He still hasn't been given the key and hasn't been inside because FEMA still has to connect the electricity.
  • Children play on a trampoline at dusk on Oak Island.
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