Ike a Direct hit on Bolivar Peninsula, TX

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Direct hit on Bolivar Peninsula
Task force leader Chuck Jones said they were the first rescuers to reach Bolivar Peninsula.

"They had a lot of devastation over there," Jones said. "It took a direct hit."

Some subdivisions in the area are completely gone, he said.

Of particular concern is a resident who collects exotic animals who is now holed up in a Baptist church with his pet lion. "We're not going in there," Jones said. "We know where he (the lion) is on the food chain."

I saw the photos of that. Gilchrist is no more. Neither is Surfside Beach, near Freeport.