Galveston, Texas — Oceanographer Bill Merrell will never forget the night he spent trapped inside a building in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Ike slammed ashore in 2008. The storm caused $30 billion in damage.
“Ike was probably a 30-year storm,” Merrell, who works at Texas A&M University, told CBS News. “There’s a lot worse storms out there.”
Merrell was reminded of the giant flood gates he had seen in the Netherlands.
“These are gates you can see from space. These are movable objects you can see from space. These are huge!” he said.
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