Editing Texas City, Texas (section)

===2008 Hurricane Ike===
Even in the widespread destruction throughout Galveston County caused by the wind and surge associated with Ike, Texas City was largely spared the devastation that other low-lying areas suffered. Texas City is mostly surrounded by a {{convert|17|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} levee system that was built in the early 1960s following the devastating floods from [[Hurricane Carla]] in 1961. Together with pump stations containing several [[Archimedes' screw]]s located at various places throughout the northeast periphery of the city adjoining Galveston, Dollar Bay, and Moses Lake, the levee and pump station system may well have saved the city from wholesale devastation at the hands of Ike's powerful [[tidal surge]]. Damage in the city was largely limited to that caused by Ike's powerful winds and heavy rains.

Beginning Sunday, September 14, 2008, the day after landfall, Texas City's high school football complex, Stingaree Stadium, was used as a staging and relocation area for persons evacuated by National Guard [[Black Hawk helicopters]] from nearby bayfront communities such as the [[Bolivar Peninsula, Texas|Bolivar Peninsula]] and [[Galveston Island]]. Also, by the morning of Monday, September 15, the [[American Red Cross]] had opened a relief and material distribution center in the city.

The Texas City Dike was overtopped by a greater than {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=on}} [[storm surge]] when [[Hurricane Ike]] barreled through the region in the early-morning hours of Saturday, September 13, 2008. Although all buildings, piers, and the Dike Road were destroyed, the dike itself weathered the storm. The dike was closed for three years while the road and supporting facilities were rebuilt. It was reopened to traffic in September 2011.