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If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the face of a major storm. What is done to address this vulnerability will shape the economic, social, and environmental landscape of the region for decades to come. In Lessons from Hurricane Ike, Philip Bedient and the research team at the Severe Storm Prediction, Education, and Evac

Storm surges --- Emergency management --- Hurricane protection --- Hurricanes --- Hurricane Ike, 2008. --- Hurricane waves --- Storm floods --- Storm tides --- Storm waves --- Surges, Storm --- Wind tides --- Floods --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Disaster relief --- Disasters --- Emergencies --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Management --- Public safety --- First responders --- Hurricane control --- Hurricane rehabilitation, Long-range --- Hazard mitigation --- Regional planning --- Cyclones --- Ike, Hurricane, 2008 --- Planning --- Preparedness --- Prevention