[ Click here to return to list of articles ] Hurricane Ike Aftermath Info on Galveston post IKESeptember 14, 2008 scroll to the bottom for the most up to date news/updates Sunday September 14, 2008 2pm Ryson Real Estate was evacuated for Hurricane Ike and all of our properties were locked down before landfall. We will be striving to come online as quickly as possible. We have had reports that our office survived the storm as will as many of our vacation rental properties. We will be working on getting info to our owners as soon as we can. We will also be working toward being open to get our units ready for evacuees who need temporary housing such as volunteers, and contractors. We may need to use generators to run or office for up to 4 weeks, or we will office out of Ryan’s house. Our staff is scattered across Texas and we will be working on getting them back as well. We wish everyone the best of luck and are praying for you all. We are here for Galveston and will do what we can to manage properties to the best of our ability. We will also be a source for information, contractors, and housing. We will be here for all of your real estate services. Phone systems should be up by Monday and we will be updating this article so please bookmark it and check back often. Jason Keeling __________________________________________ 9-14-08 4:00 pm We just saw the first aerial shots of Galveston and west Galveston. It looks much better than feared. Most all the homes on the west end survived. There is a lot of damage and sand erosion… but it could have been worse. The storm surge did most of the damage, but sunny beach looks ok, Spanish grant had a few destroyed homes, pirates beach looks great except for beachfront homes, Jamaica beach took a lot of damage including some lost homes, Indian beach looks ok, Sandhill Shores did great, but lots of erosion and walkovers are gone, Sea Isle did ok, and as we get more info We will give it. Overall the water has receded and the roads look mostly clear. Jason Keeling ______________________________________________ Ike update III 9-14-08 5:00pm I just got to see aerials of San Luis pass… including Pointe west and Playa San luis. The houses and condos look to be in good shape. There was lots of erosion and washout. Pirate’s beach looks to have many destroyed homes… in the ball park of 10-20 off foundations/destroyed. The sand-socks seem to have done a good job overall and probably saved some homes. The Riviera condos took a big hit and have lost all the beach and pool- down to the rock foundation. They may have structural issues. Looking at condos… I have seen seascapes, club of the isle, Maravilla, ocean grove, by the sea, breakers, palisade palms, Galvestonian, and a few others…all look to have survived structurally. Some did take some roof damage, and seascapes has lost its beach and pool area. The san luis has lost some siding along with some of the other condos… but I can’t tell how much water /flood damage. _________________________________________________ 9-15-08 8:30pm I tried to get back on the island today but was told by a Galveston police officer friend that we need to wait. We are close by in Dickinson waiting on the "all-clear" to get on the island and get back to work. We will check on all owners’ properties as soon as we can. We found this site to be VERY helpful: Galveston aerial view -after hurricane Ike this site is post-IKE pictures of Galveston... you can clearly see much of the damage and check on your house... Our house is still standing but looks to be crushed by our large oak tree. Jason _____________________________________________________ 9-17-08 7:00pm We made it on the island at 5pm today. The island, I am happy to report, is not as bad as the media makes it out to be. The island is however heavily damaged in some places. Most of the condos and apartments on the island are ok. They did suffer some cosmetic damage but that's about it. The club of the isle, maravilla, by the sea, and ocean grove looked ok. Others had siding missing and erosion. Seascapes has had some damage and major erosion. I am one very lucky person... Our house had NO shingle damage, NO flooding, and NO windows broke. Our fence was down, our lime tree was broken, and we did lose some large tree branches on our oak. Our office did suffer 2ft of flood damage, but we had everything off the ground. So, our office is ready to go we we can get back on the island. We look forward to helping our owners get pictures and damage assessments of their properties... we will be back on the island when we can. I will also post pictures when I can... but I do have limited internet right now. Good luck to everyone and keep us in your thoughts... thanks ps we will be getting our manager back tomorrow to start answering the phones and helping renters/owners Jason Keeling ___________________________________________________ 9-18-08 We started work today... answering the over 350 emails. Many were heart warming and we thank you for that. Our manager will be doing a fund raiser for Galveston families tomorrow and Saturday. We will continue to try to get on the island and secure owners homes/condos. We feel like we should be allowed on NOW and are working to make that happen. We will begin booking as soon as we can... our phone lines seem to be down and we can't get through to get it fixed right now. jason ___________________________________________________ 9-19-08 We worked on Ryan's house today... over 5 trees down. Dickinson took a real beating. No internet or cable or phones yet. Went to Galveston and began cleaning our office. Threw away a ton of stuff and got the office cleared of debris. Worked 10 hours cutting/hauling/cleaning... Water is back on for the island!!!! ___________________________________________________ 9-20-08 5:00 pm Worked on my house today 1/2 a day and cleared out all my smaller trees that had blown over. Moved our fence to the curb and took most of the plants to curb that died from saltwater. Let house air out and went to the office with the generator, fans, and de-humidifier. We took out all the carpet and did a deep clean. We used a fungicide, and moldicide to slow the growth of both. Office is in better shape and ready for electric. Looks like the island should be on early next week. Property owners should be allowed on mid to late next week. We will begin going to the properties Monday with our staff and take pictures of any damage, if we can get to the west end. Jason ___________________________________________________ 9-22-08 We worked all day going to each owners unit and took pictures for insurance. We made it all the way West to Pointe West. We were about the first people out there. The power lines have all been replaced from Jamaica beach down to almost Pointe West. So, hopefully we will get power very quickly. We did get a phone working today and we got high speed internet. Ryson will be contacting each owner throughout the day. If you’re looking for a rental- we should be ready by the end of the week... so email us at rysonrealestate@aol.com ____________________________________________________ 9-23-08 We just checked out the biker rally site: http://www.lonestarrally.com/ and he is still holding the rally here in Galveston! That is contrary to what the media had said and is great news! We look forward to the biker rally and getting the island going! Jason _________________________________________________________ 9-24-08 We began booking units today! We have 15 units ready to rent... Well 14 after we booked one today. We should have more units come on-line as the island gets back to normal... Jason __________________________________________________________ 9-25-08 We have booked 3 units today and have 11 left for long term bookings. The units range from 1-3 bedrooms and vary in Price. Please call 409)515-0731 and leave a message and we will call you back ASAP. We will be running out of units by this weekend due to demand. Please contact us ASAP to book! __________________________________________________________ Oct 2008 I have not posted recently because we have been very busy. We currently have 18 booked units and 3 houses ready to rent. Ryson has moved its office back to a temp office in Galveston and we are waiting for our office to be repaired. It may be as long as another month or so. We want to thank all of our owners for working with us in this tough time! We also need more units. If your management company is not back up and running yet- WE ARE. And have been running at 100%... as we get new units we get them rented! For more information, contact us now! [ Click here to return to list of articles ] Learn more about our team... New Galveston County listings 3br / 2ba Galveston, Texas New Listing : Must See This Beachside Home With Spectacular Views In Indian Beach! 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