After Ike: Aerial Views from the No-Fly Zone (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) [Paperback]

Mr. Bryan Carlile (Author)

Book Description

Series: Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | Publication Date: September 13, 2009

The day after Hurricane Ike made U.S. landfall at Galveston, Texas, photographer Bryan Carlile was in a helicopter, working a service contract as a first responder. He took with him a native Texan’s good memories of the Gulf Coast but brought back images that tell the sobering story of this massive and historic storm. 

 

After Ike includes more than one hundred aerial photographs Carlile took of the hurricane’s grim aftermath accompanied by Carlile’s eyewitness captions. In some places, Carlile is able to show images from “before Ike” that bring home the magnitude of the changes wrought to both natural and human habitats. 

 

In a thoughtful, personal essay, Andrew Sansom, who was raised on the Texas coast, reflects on the realities of living in “Hurricane Alley.” 

 

(20090520)

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"In ''After Ike'', Carlile transforms the wrath of Ike that I witnessed from reporting on the ground for KHOU-TV, into a historically significant treasure for all by capturing the depth and breadth of Ike’s destructive forces from the air.   Far more than a book of simple photos, Carlile’s sharp eye and acclaimed skills as an aerial photographer serve as a tour guide, through the eye of an artist, to one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever make landfall."-Mark Greenblatt, investigative reporter, KHOU-TV

(Mark Greenblatt KHOU )

About the Author

Dividing his time between Houston, Texas, and the Hill Country, BRYAN CARLILE is an aerial photographer and owner of Beck Geodetix, an environmental GIS/GPS mapping consultant firm. Andrew Sansom, executive director of the River Systems Institute at Texas State University and former executive director of Texas Parks and Wildlife, grew up in Lake Jackson, Texas. 
 

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: TAMU Press (September 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1603441506
• ISBN-13: 978-1603441506
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 9.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #544,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Galveston After Ike, July 11, 2010

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This review is from: After Ike: Aerial Views from the No-Fly Zone (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) (Paperback)

Galveston after Ike is a good book, especially if you are from Texas. I have been to Galveston many, many times over the years. It was very distressing to see some of the areas that suffered damage.