2008/09/13

Hurricane Ike Pounding Galveston Texas

Hurricane Ike is pounding coastal Texas, especially Galveston, with 17 foot swells and 110 mph winds. It could be the most devastating storm that the Lone Star State has seen since Hurricane Alicia of 1983 which caused $6 billion in damage and 21deaths. Ike is huge. Hurricane force winds extend out 120 miles from the storm’s center and tropical storm [...]