Slideshow: A different world view

2012-03-16 22:07:28
  • This NASA image from above Earth, shows Hurricane Ike in the Gulf of Mexico closing in on the Texas coast. When this was made, Wednesday, September 10, at 5 a.m., the storm was centered about 265 miles southeast of Galveston .
    This NASA image from above Earth, shows Hurricane Ike in the Gulf of Mexico closing in on the Texas coast. When this was made, Wednesday, September 10, at 5 a.m., the storm was centered about 265 miles southeast of Galveston .
  • HACKBERRY, La. -- A Louisiana National Guard helicopter crew attempts to make rescues as a storm front is seen on the horizon, Sunday.
    The Advertiser, P.C. Piazza
    HACKBERRY, La. -- A Louisiana National Guard helicopter crew attempts to make rescues as a storm front is seen on the horizon, Sunday.
  • GALVESTON ISLAND -- Fire destroys homes along the beach as Hurricane Ike approaches Friday.
    AP/David J. Phillip
    GALVESTON ISLAND -- Fire destroys homes along the beach as Hurricane Ike approaches Friday.
  • GILCHRIST, Tx. -- A lone beachfront home stands among the debris Sunday.
    AP/Smiley N. Pool, Pool
    GILCHRIST, Tx. -- A lone beachfront home stands among the debris Sunday.
  • GALVESTON -- A wheelchair-bound Alina Van Epps is evaluated by rescue personnel at Ball High School Sunday.
    Houston Chron./lSharon Steinmann
    GALVESTON -- A wheelchair-bound Alina Van Epps is evaluated by rescue personnel at Ball High School Sunday.
  • CANTON, Tx. -- Stefanie Voss, left, of Gilchrist, Texas, comforts Sandy King while discussing rumors that mutual loved ones may not have survived Hurricane Ike, at Lakeside Baptist Church.
    Morning News/Lara Solt
    CANTON, Tx. -- Stefanie Voss, left, of Gilchrist, Texas, comforts Sandy King while discussing rumors that mutual loved ones may not have survived Hurricane Ike, at Lakeside Baptist Church.
  • DALLAS -- Rain Foreman, 6, yawns as her mother, not shown, discusses medical care with a medical student from University of Texas Southwestern at the temporary hurricane evacuee shelter at the Dallas Convention Center. Raymond Cerda, left, of Beaumont, Tx. suffers from seizures that can be environmentally triggered since he has a decades old head injury.
    Morning News/Courtney Perry
    DALLAS -- Rain Foreman, 6, yawns as her mother, not shown, discusses medical care with a medical student from University of Texas Southwestern at the temporary hurricane evacuee shelter at the Dallas Convention Center. Raymond Cerda, left, of Beaumont, Tx. suffers from seizures that can be environmentally triggered since he has a decades old head injury.
  • HOUSTON -- Matt Schlabach and Meredith Borders look at the damage casused by Hurricane Ike to the JPMorgan Chase Tower Saturday.
    David J. Phillip
    HOUSTON -- Matt Schlabach and Meredith Borders look at the damage casused by Hurricane Ike to the JPMorgan Chase Tower Saturday.
  • HOUSTON -- Greg Schneck works to clear a sewer drain as floodwaters from Hurricane Ike rise near his business Saturday.
    AP/David J. Phillip
    HOUSTON -- Greg Schneck works to clear a sewer drain as floodwaters from Hurricane Ike rise near his business Saturday.
  • SABINE PASS, Tx. -- A Coast Guard search and rescue team heads into the flooded areas looking to help victims of Hurricane Ike.
    AP/Eric Gay
    SABINE PASS, Tx. -- A Coast Guard search and rescue team heads into the flooded areas looking to help victims of Hurricane Ike.
  • HIGH ISLAND, Tx. -- A sheen of oil floats on flood waters surrounding a pump jack.
    AP/Smiley N. Pool, Pool
    HIGH ISLAND, Tx. -- A sheen of oil floats on flood waters surrounding a pump jack.
  • DALLAS -- These evacuees are staying in a shelter at the Dallas Convention Center and can walk over to the animal facility to bottle feed their puppies. Leroy Williams, left, of Baytown, and his niece Shemoriah Boykin, 12, of Beaumont, feed Williams' seven Rottweiler puppies at the temporary animal shelter for hurricane evacuees in a parking garage.
    Morning News, Courtney Perry
    DALLAS -- These evacuees are staying in a shelter at the Dallas Convention Center and can walk over to the animal facility to bottle feed their puppies. Leroy Williams, left, of Baytown, and his niece Shemoriah Boykin, 12, of Beaumont, feed Williams' seven Rottweiler puppies at the temporary animal shelter for hurricane evacuees in a parking garage.

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