Hurricane Ike

I am in Texas, luckily nowhere near Houston but we may still lose power. My parents live here and I flew in yesterday to visit. Talk about timing! I pray that the hurricane does as little damage as possible. Scary that it's headed straight for the 4th largest city in the US.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ike

16 minutes ago

HOUSTON - Hurricane Ike, a colossal storm nearly as big as Texas itself, battered the coast Friday, threatening to obliterate waterfront towns and give the skyscrapers, refineries and docks of the nation's fourth-largest city their worst pounding in a generation.

You can track the storm in real-time here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/interactives/hurricanetracker07/index.html?SITE=YAHOO&SECTION=HOME