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Ike update: Not good
 REUTERS PHOTO Conditions in Texas are worsening as days go on.. while huge death tolls are not apart of Ike's aftermath, news of scare resources like water, gas, and food are. .And with the lack of important elements to human sanity, so goes hope. Increasingly, people losing their hope..
Houston's food bank director says that the city is being overwhelmed. Only days ago, the fundamentals of human life were strong along the Texas Gulf Coast--and now days after Ike devastated islands, towns, cities, and history, the fundamentals of life are hard to find.
Health officials are working their hearts out to try to avoid an all out crisis after the monster hurricane.
Misery extends North: Flooding in the Midwest in Ike's path..
More than 3 million people are still without power.
*By the way, happy anniversary to more disaster: Four years ago today Ivan struck the Gulf Coast.
Twas always stormy, and always stormy will be.. Labels: Breaking news, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
Waiting; How much disaster in Galveston?
NBC NEWS: "The restaurant Brennan's of Houston, a downtown institution for more than four decades, was destroyed by flames. Fire officials said a restaurant worker and his young daughter were taken to a hospital in critical condition with burns over 70 percent of their bodies"
"We don't know what we are going to find," Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said. "We hope we will find the people who are left here alive and well." ..More..Labels: Breaking news, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
12:30 IKE UPDATE
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez; Tommy Scarborough supports himself on a post while he gets a lift from the strong winds created by the approaching Hurricane Ike in Bacliff, Texas, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
Numerous downed trees in Houston..
Local Galveston media: City changed forever..
Millions without power.. The power may be off for weeks..
Serious flooding to Louisiana coast..
At least 80 needing rescue in Galveston..
Rescue efforts..
Major developing story: Ike hits the heart of United States oil sector..
Oil prices rising across nation..Labels: Breaking news, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
HOW MUCH DAMAGE? THE MORNING AFTER IKE
 AP Photo/David J. PhillipWhile Hurricane Ike is far from finished damaging Texas and Louisiana, the area of Galveston, Texas, has been hit hard by the massive monster that came from the Gulf of Mexico..
Ike's eye traveled over Galveston around 2:10am CDT Saturday.. Even at this current hour, rescue workers are being inundated with calls from people in distress--calls that cannot be acted on in many cases. Warnings for days called for "certain death" and for social security numbers to be written on arms, yet thousands of people in Galveston and other communities in the bulls eye stayed in an attempt to ride out the storm..
Gas prices are up to $5.50 in Texas and Florida.. many gas stations are closed..
The extent of the damage from Ike is still to be assessed.. Many are fearing what could have happened to the thousands of people that chose to ride out the storm..
The low-line communities were faced during the early morning hours with a wall of water, high storm surge, 110 mph winds and gusts to 130mph..
Reports from various news sources that 4 million plus are without power--and this power could be off for several weeks to come..
MORE:
The AP reporting today, "Massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should have heeded calls to evacuate made futile calls for rescue"
Authorities are bracing for the worst..
The storm is poised to take turn towards Arkansas later today..
President Bush due to make news statement this morning..
John McCain today got a phone briefing from Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
..And Obama is going to lay off of comedy: He was due to make an appearance tonight on the season opener of Saturday Night Live, that cameo canceled due to Ike's aftermath..
Developing.. Labels: Breaking news, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
I K E - S T R I K EThis will sadly be a storm that we won't forget.. Making history. . tonight. Labels: Breaking news, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
Katrina.. Rita .. Ike? How big? How bad..? Labels: hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
IKE UPDATE: MASSIVE STORM
Price gouging of gasoline as people desperately try to get out of harm's way.. prices as high as $5 or more a gallon gas in parts of Texas being reported.. Geraldo Rivera goes live on FOX NEWS . .blowing and drifting on live television..
Thousands of people didn't heed warnings.. Many people remained in Galveston .. many people remained in Houston .. many people remained in several low-line towns and cities across Southeast Texas..
Parts of Louisiana are being flooded.. power is out to several thousand of people in Louisiana..
Texas Gov: Times for prayers..Labels: Breaking news, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
 
MONSTER STRIKING THE UNITED STATES.. TEXAS BRACES.. GALVESTON DESTRUCTION.. THOUSANDS OF HOMES FLOODED ALREADY.. MASSIVE STORM SET TO DESTROY MODERN AMERICAN LIFE IN TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS TEXAS..
Flooding in Louisiana...Labels: hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
.. PRAYERS FOR TEXAS ..IKE PRODUCING LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS.. MASSIVE SURGE FROM GULF OF MEXICO.. CONDITIONS ARE BEGINNING TO DETERIORATE.. IMPACT NOW: SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.. Eye wall getting close .. The center or Ike about 65 miles from land.. A large eye, over 50 miles wide .. may strengthen to Cat 3 before landfall.. Labels: Breaking news, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
Geraldo .. take it easy!
Getting up close.. down and dirty.. with Ike Labels: hurricanes, Ike, News, Storms, Weather
IKE TO DEVASTATE
 The storm already tossed a disabled 584-foot freighter in rough water.. massive waves are ready to barrel onto the Texas coast and devastate land, building, and whatever residents that are trying to stick it out through Ike.. Warnings of "certain death" and urgings for those that refuse to leave to write their social security numbers on their arms for identification purposes..< Labels: hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
DIRE WARNING: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS "CERTAIN DEATH" COMING
 A stark, dire, and deadly warning tonight from the National Weather Service..
The Galveston warning from the NWS: "LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY!
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS... AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES... WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. PERSONS NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE. VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE SWAMPED... SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 9 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN MULTI-STORY FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE... WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES... INCLUDING THOSE OF BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO REPAIR.
Families not heeding warning tonight in Galveston.. facing certain death..
Looking at the size and possible strength of Hurricane Ike, certain death may indeed be likely for anyone sticking around trying to ride out the storm..
Though forecasters are still calling for a Cat 3 power storm when it hits land, disorientation tonight seems to have caused some weakening of the massive storm.
Debate in weather circles tonight of whether or not Ike will make history..
The bottom line tonight is that a major hurricane is coming to Texas, most likely around Galveston, and deadly conditions will quickly occur. Certain death.. Labels: Breaking news, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
TEXAS READY?Labels: hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
IKE: MAJOR HURRICANE BREWING
AP PHOTO
Massive hurricane Ike reforming into deadly storm in the Gulf of Mexico--poised to strike somewhere near Galveston Texas (also the site of a horrible disaster back in the year 1900)..
Frightful weather warning tonight from the National Weather Service for Galveston: "IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE
CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY LATE
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL
CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE
THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST"
Ike is becoming a monster storm set to destroy parts of the Texas coast.. sustained winds of 111mph to 130 mph are possible as it hits land..
Ike set to make history as it forms into massive storm--poised to it land pre-dawn Saturday..
The risk level is high--potentially catastrophic..
Developing major..
This is going to be a major storm, and cause widespread destruction in Texas.. clear out now, time is ticking away... Life is more important than property..
Prayers for Texas....
 Labels: hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
WE DON'T LIKE IKE: THE THREAT DEVELOPS
Ike continue to rampage the Caribbean.. Wary Gulf Coast residents watching closely .. Ike's progression being tracked tonight by nervous forecasters from sea to shining sea..With one sea in particular being studied..
5 day cone takes storm to Texas??
Wind predictions..
Current GFDL model shows Louisiana strike..
GFS hits East Texas..
Accuweather discusses..Labels: hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
DESTRUCTION: HURRICANE IKE SLAMS TURKS AND CAICOS AS CAT 4 STORM; PRIEMER SAYS PEOPLE WERE COWERING IN CLOSETS AND HIDING UNDER STAIRWELLS IN FEAR
Massive Hurricane Ike turns into a monster as it roars over Turks and Caicos.. the Grand Turk Island devastated by the storm this morning..
According to AP reporting this morning, "Turks and Caicos premier Michael Misick said Ike damaged 80 percent of the homes on the main island and that hundreds lost their roofs as the hurricane made a near-direct hit. People have been cowering in closets and under stairwells and "just holding on for life. They got hit really, really bad," he told The Associated Press Sunday morning.
With 135 mph (215 kph) winds, Ike was swirling on from the tiny British territory to the Bahamas' Great Inagua Island, where about 85 people inside a community center shelter huddled around a radio."
Grand Turk is the capital of Turks and Caicos--and is home to 3,000 people. 3,000 people that held on for their lives through the massive Category 4 storm..
According to reporting on CNN this morning, ""People are losing roofs by the second," said Audley Astwood, a reporter at a radio station in Grand Turk said. "Close to 50 percent of the homes on Grand Turk have been destroyed or lost roofs.""
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And now it's Haiti: The cleanup effort from Gustav being seriously hampered by Ike .. relief efforts have become dangerously unable to continue--thousands still have not eaten since Hanna rolled over the country days ago.. Many places still destroyed from Gustav, and neighborhoods flooded is common..
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And then where? The United States has been closely watching Ike as it rolls over the Caribbean.
Governors Crist, Barbour, Jindal, Perry, Riley, Perdue, and Sanford all closely watching Ike is it stretches its destruction over Cuba and then the Gulf of Mexico--hoping the massive hellstorm doesn't hit their respective state.
Hurricane Ike is going to weaken as it continue to strike land--but forecasters have noted that it will be over warmer waters again by Wednesday next week..
The cone of uncertainty from the National Hurricane Center showing a westward track..however Ike appears to be dangerous close to oil rigs, New Orleans, and the United States by 2am Friday..
The prospects of a United States strike from Ike is an almost sure bet .. so is the possibility that Ike will strengthen to a Cat 3 or beyond by week's ends.. Warnings.. watches. Watching.. Labels: hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
IKE: WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
Florida..? Cuba?? ...The Gulf Coast all over again?
People across the Caribbean are closely watching the progress tonight of Hurricane Ike, a deadly and intensifying storm in the Atlantic Ocean.. The storm has been making progress towards the United States.. new computer projections tonight put the storm over Cuba next week and into the Gulf Coast later in the week. From that point, the mystery: A few long range outlooks place the storm near Texas.. some show Ike meandering and strengthening in the Gulf.. a few take Ike near Louisiana and Texas.. A storm needed to be watched carefully over the next few days..
Late tonight, Ike was upgraded to a Category 4 storm. A strong monster churning in the Atlantic poised to strike .. somewhere .. Henry Margusity from Accuweather writing tonight, "The operational models are painting a dangerous situation for the Gulf coast next week. I am concerned that we may be dealing with a Cat 3 or better strike somewhere between Port Arthur and Mobile Bay late in the week. The worst case would be a southeast strike of an intensifying hurricane on New Orleans and southeast Louisiana. Given that Gustav has weakened things, Ike could be the devastation we all fear could happen this year. In any case, folks along the Gulf coast need to keep watching this one and get ready for evacuations next week" Labels: hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
So much for Hanna
Hanna moved on shore with little fireworks.. There was beach erosion, high winds, and heavy rains over the Carolinas.. Hanna will be quickly moving up the East Coast today, causing some flooding rains and some gusty winds. That's it.
The media attention was pretty funny this go around.. Thank God there was no damage but you'd sure as hell think they were craving it.. This morning MSNBC was reporting from a beach in North Carolina. Wind was blowing.. the reporter looked like he was struggling to stand---just as two tourists in the background casually walked past the camera and headed to the water to take a look at Hanna's waves.. The reporter had no choice but to tout the danger factor of being outside when a tornado could strike any time.. His light coat fluttering in the breeze.. *There is power out for more than 20,000 customers in Virginia.. I'm not downgrading the storm, but Hanna was not serious*
A few updates over Hanna: Latest advisory.. .. Hanna satellite.. Radar..
The storm to watch: Ike.. 
Forecasters have stopped saying Ike is going to hit the Southeast Coast, instead they are placing the storm somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday next week .. The frightening possibilities of the storm making landfall somewhere around New Orleans, or other places still devastated by Gustav.. Labels: Hanna, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
Out of the woods? Try JUST ENTERING THE WOODS..
Just as Gustav winds down into a power storm, minus the hurricane title, residents will assess the damages--once they can get back home.. And while major disaster seems to have been averted at this hour in New Orleans, there are other storms coming..
Hanna poised to strike the United States before the end of this week (Republican convention begins with a storm and ends the same way?)
Focus will then shift to Ike.. Some fearful forecasts put Ike near the Gulf of Mexico next week..
Another potential exists in the Atlantic for development, just off the African coast..Labels: Breaking news, Gustav, Hanna, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
2:30 UPDATE
Gustav is near Morgan City, Louisiana..
Levees overtopped in New Orleans--but not breached..
Roads flooded..
Grand Isle hit hard..
Various tornado warnings from Florida panhandle though Louisiana..
Fears for East Texas, as storm may stall out..
New hurricane threatens Mid-Atlantic late this week: Hanna..
NWS carefully studying system in Atlantic forming.. would be Ike..
Oil prices fall as Gustav weakens.. Labels: Breaking news, Gustav, Hanna, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
We don't like Ike
 In the midst of Gustav, perhaps this will be hurricane overload: But forecasters are closely studying a tropical depression forming between Africa and the Lesser Antilles.. A few forecast models show this storm traveling to the Gulf of Mexico.. Labels: Breaking news, Gustav, hurricanes, Ike, Storms, Weather
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