One home on Bolivar Peninsula survived the surge and waves of Ike.  Living on Church Street is a good thing.

There’s a new landmark in Gilchrist, one of the towns on Bolivar Peninsula that Hurricane Ike ravaged and left for dead.

…  Every structure on the gulf side of this tight-knit community is gone.

Except for one house.

– Chron.com

Another person stayed on the peninsula instead of evacuate and tells the tall.

During the most frightful moments of Hurricane Ike, 60-year-old Carole Hamadey sat upstairs in her bed and breakfast on the Bolivar Peninsula, desperately trying to hold a window shut. – Chron.com