Hurricane Ike slammed the coast of Galveston with 110-mph winds. With heavy rain and towering waves the calls started to come in for help. As always there are a few who always think it won’t happen to them. I never really understood why people that are given mandatory evacuations stick around. I read that there were about 140,000 people who stuck it out, makes no sense to me. So far on report that 2 people have died related to the storm. But many are still missing and fared dead. Hopefully rescuers will be able to get to more survivors this morning. Ike came in like a lion and is now leaving like one. This storm will cause major flooding as it rolls north. I will end with saying, relief from major storm as stop for now. There are no reported hurricanes as of today.

Hurricane Ike hit Cuba with such force it destroyed thousands of homes and kill 4 people. I read that Cuba’s government had forced 1.2 million to evacuate. When Gustav tore across Cuba at a Category 4 hurricane it had damaged 100,000 homes. But no one was killed because they had evacuated 250,000 people. Anyway, the Florida Keys have been spared and now the people of Texas and northern Mexico are gearing up for Ike’s damaging wind’s and power. Evacuations are currently under way in these areas. Only time will tell the path of Ike, and if your in the stated land fall area you need to consider getting out. Always think safety before anything else, homes you can rebuild, lives you can’t.

Hurricane Ike is destroying Cuba right now. I have read that Hurricane Ike could it head-on with Havana. If that happens it will seriously hurt the country of Cuba. So far this year for hurricanes have wiped out crops and destroyed homes in Haiti and Cuba. And on top of that there have been reported around 300 people killed and many still missing. Right now in Cuba hundreds of thousands of Cubans have been evacuated to shelters. And the people to the north in the Florida Keys started to head to the main land. Hurricane Ike has at great chance at hitting the keys sometime Tuesday. I also read that people that have been interviewed are saying they have never seen it this bad. Hopefully hurricane season will calm down very soon, these people and countries really can’t take anymore hits.