The aftermath of Hurricane IKE on Galveston County, TX. IKE was the third most destructive and costliest hurricane to make landfall in the United States, destroying or flooding 75% of homes and landmass. With an already anemic economy and population decline 50 years pre-IKE, many Galveston survivors feel that this may be the final blow to their mythical land. A land that never fully recovered from the first Galveston Hurricane of 1900.