Hurricane Ike

The size of Hurricane Ike is difficult to fathom. The storm is expected to cause water levels to rise on the Mississippi Coast 5 to 7 feet. Highway 90, which goes along the beaches in Biloxi, MS and Gulfport, MS is already closed due to high water. However, the storm is expected to make a direct hit on Galveston, TX, which is over 400 miles from Gulfport. Again, that's a huge storm.

My wife, Terri, has an Uncle that lives only a mile from Galveston Bay. He and his wife left Texas yesterday and will be staying in a travel trailer in Picayune, MS. He told my father-in-law he wasn't sure he would have a home after the storm hit.

Houston is the fourth largest city in the U.S. They will be impacted greatly by Ike. Many folks from New Orleans evacuated to Houston and never returned. Now, that have to deal with this. Hopefully, lives will be saved due to the preparations and early evacuations.