Sam Spade's San Francisco

A Coast Guard Air Station Houston helicopter rescues 2 people from the top of an oil tank along the southeastern coastline of Texas in the hours before Hurricane Ike makes landfall. This is the same helicopter and crew that were involved in the rescue we reported on earlier today.

According to TV news reports, the Coast Guard has rescued over 50 people so far and Hurricane Ike is not expected to make landfall until the early hourse of Saturday. They are currently attempting to rescue 150 who are still on the ground in the Galveston area.

To watch the video, follow this link to Coast Guard News, turn-up the sound and push the play button to see the rescue on video:

USCG Air Station Houston

Other USCG posts and related military posts from Sam Spade's San Francisco:

• U. S. Coast Guard: America's First-line Guardsmen
  
• Pearl Harbor sailors from USS Oklahoma Discovered after 67 Years
  
• USS Laffey - the Ship that Would Not Die!
  
• Coast Guard Inspects Arctic Coastline - Operation Arctic Awareness
  
• USCGC Midget Rescues Sausalito Sailboat Defiance
  
• Six Sailors Aboard USS George Washington Found Guilty in Fire
  
• Video of Coast Guard Relief in Georgia - Links to More
  
• U. S. Coast Guard Facts, Links, Photos
  
• Coast Guard and Wizard's Keith Colburn Join Forces
  
• Cal Maritime's Golden Bear Aids Coast Guard in Daring Sea Rescue
  
• U. S. to Map Arctic Floor for Oil Drilling
  
• USS Laffey - America's Last WWII Tin Can Destroyer
  
• USS Freedom (LCS-1) Launched and Underway
  
• USCGC Bertholf - Great Video!
  
• Coast Guard D-11 San Francisco Changes Command
  
• Coast Guard Gets Fifth HC-144A Ocean Sentry Aircraft
  
• USS Sterrett (DDG-104) Commissioning August 9, 2008
  
• U. S. Navy Corpsman Manual Denton Comes Home After 45-Years in Vietnam
  
• U. S. Coast Guard's 218th Birthday - Happy Birthday from San Francisco!
  
• USCGC Morgenthau Gets New Commander in Singapore
  
• USCGB Eagle Meets USCGC Bertholf in San Francisco - historic photo
  
• U. S. Army - 60 Years of Discrimination for Some, None for Others
  
• MSgt Cirildo Valencio Comes Home 58-Years Late
  
• Coast Guard Dogs Guard their Eagle
  
• USCGC Bertholf Comes Home to Alameda for First Time
  
• USCG Ocean Rescue - See Video Here
  
• Cpl. Steve Lucas Comes Home After 58-Years MIA
  
• DADT Is Dying - the Slow End of Military Homophobia
  
• USCGB Eagle, America's Tall Ship - New Photo
  
• USS New Jersey under Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco(see this grand battleship!)
  
• Semper Peratus - U. S. Coast Guard History, Images and Resources - outside link
  
• United States Coast Guard Careers - outside link - (uscg.mil website)