House on Stilts: Lives Saved During Ike

This is the picture I wanted you to see of people being rescued from a home built on stilts at Bolivar Peninsula at the Texas Gulf Coast.  I recall how odd houses like this seemed to me when I first saw them several years ago. This photo shows you how important this structure is to the residents during a storm like Hurricane Ike. A lot of you living up north would never have seen this type of building before.