Yikes it's Ike!

This is beginning to look like a real monster.

Can you see the definition of the rotation in this picture?


And look how the storm is filling up the entire Gulf.
The Captain's sister and her ring have evacuated Houston. The giver of the ring went too. I have two cousins in LaPorte (which is right in the bay at Galveston). One has left and the other remained to ride it out. My other cousin is in the Ft. Worth area. (I have three cousins - all boys - and they all live in Texas -isn't that funny?) All of Texas is going to get hit pretty hard. Definitely a long night for them. Prayers for safety for everybody. Especially Cousin M.