The layout of a balance sheet reflects the basic accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Owners' Equity. with assets listed on the left side and liabilities and equity detailed on the right. Consistent with the equation, the total dollar amount is always the same for each side. In other words, the left and right sides of a balance sheet are always in balance.
Hurricane Ike was the first hurricane to hit the Houston area since Hurricane Jerry in October of 1989 and the first big hurricane to hit since Hurricane Alicia in 1983. Ike is the hurricane that changed the Saffir-Simpson scale, the scale that rates how strong a hurricane is, as we know it.
At the time of the 1900 storm the highest point in the city of Galveston was only 8.7 feet (2.7 m) above sea level. The hurricane brought with it a storm surge of over 15 feet (4.6 m), which washed over the entire island. The surge knocked buildings off their foundations and the surf pounded them to pieces. The 1900 Storm â Galveston Island, Texas â Remembering the Great Hurricane, September 8, 1900 â A Galveston County Daily News Presentation. 2  The early history of Galveston, by Dr. J. O. Dyer, published 1916, hosted by the * Portal to Texas History.