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**Fat Tone** · 23 August 2009, 07:24

A lone survivor of Hurricane Ike, Gilchrist, Texas.

Their house survived Ike, but it's the only one left - CNN.com

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/ike.last.house.standing/index.html

Warren and Pam Adams lost a house to Hurricane Rita in 2005, so you might think they'd be relieved their new home withstood Hurricane Ike last week.

**degrub** · 23 August 2009, 08:00

Yep, Gilcrest and the people that stayed out there ( this was a mild storm after all - only 120 mph gusts) were very lucky. The storm surge was extremely unusually large for such a weak storm.

day after

**Fat Tone** · 23 August 2009, 10:07

Must be awful.

**jms** · 23 August 2009, 11:04

Faroe islands?

**Fat Tone** · 23 August 2009, 11:42

Good guess. Head South.

**jms** · 23 August 2009, 12:20

Ireland?

**Fat Tone** · 23 August 2009, 13:11

Too far.

**JTD** · 23 August 2009, 13:44

Shetland Islands?

**Fat Tone** · 23 August 2009, 14:48

They aren't due south of the Faroes.

**degrub** · 23 August 2009, 19:01

Orkney Islands, or possibly the Hebrides but not sure which one yet.

**jms** · 23 August 2009, 23:35

Hmm OK, somewhere in Scotland then?

**Fat Tone** · 24 August 2009, 00:00

Hebrides.

**Brian Ellis** · 24 August 2009, 02:43

That basalt outcrop in the form of a roche moutonnÃ©e narrows it down a little. The outstanding place for basalt formation is Staffa, but I don't believe it is there. My next best guess might be one of Cuillin mountains on Skye?????

**Fat Tone** · 24 August 2009, 03:50

A little further south yet I'm afraid.

**Brian Ellis** · 24 August 2009, 04:41

Mull has some basalt formations, but I wasn't able to match the exact place???

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