b'Coastal Bend CommunityAbove: Lower downtown along Water St. where a few buildings survived the wind and storm surge. Soon after, virtually every structure was demolished and replaced. South Bluff can be seen in the distance, where many families built in the years after, seeking safety from flooding.Left - A few blocks from the bay as described by Marie Shirkey: Notice this picture of the high sand bank that washed up back of us. You can see how high it is by the way it hides our house at X. O is the Rainey and Simpson house. XO the Hendrix house (mamas friend you know). Notice how the porch floor banisters and porch columns are missing there. XX is the wreck of the Miller home (you know he is the man we sent the telegram to) and XXX are the houses that were across the street at the side of the Miller home. Written on the front of the photo: Roy Miller Res.Below: Happier days before the storm, as four women pose in a wooden boat with the Pavilion Hotel on Corpus Christi Bay behind them. The famed hotel was destroyed and never rebuilt.TheCoastalBend.com THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINEFall 2019 45'