There are some great pics on this page.
I'm glad it's calm over there in the Dallas/FW area.
I browsed the reader-submitted photos at chron.com and there are some excellent shots there from prior-, during-, and post-storm. The high surf shots from Port Arthur, High Island and Galveston really convey the awesome power of Mother Nature. There are a few picturesque sunrise and sunset shots in there and lots of images of wide-spread flooding, downed trees and broken stuff everywhere. There's one pic of a boarded-up window with an angry face spray painted on it that made me giggle, too.
The Texas gulf coast was not the only place affected. Other gulf coast states suffered as well, e.g., Louisiana again.
When last I checked the headline on the front page of the Chronicle said: FLOODING FAILS TO DETER EVACUEES. Evidently the press guys, the weather guys, the rescue people, all the residents who couldn't (or wouldn't) evacuate, and all the returning evacuees are going to be soaked for a while.
It's interesting how the weather and press guys told the coastal people they'd face "certain death" if they didn't evacuate. Were the weather and press guys going to face their own certain death as well by reporting from the scene? In that same breath they reported IKE as a Cat 2 storm. I still can't wrap my head around that. Cat 2 will not deter some people who have previous experience with hurricane storms. Some folks are just stubborn like that and it's not something that is limited to U.S. gulf coast residents.