Ike will be here in Houston starting tomorrow night or early Saturday. Ike will come ashore as a Cat 3 or 4, pushing the water up Galveston Bay to the Ship Channel with a good sized storm surge. My car will finally get the wash it needs so badly right now.

Pray for Galveston, since the storm doubled back and many did not have time to evacuate. All they can do is evacuate the west end of the island, where there is no sea wall.

I'll finally get to see how these new builder homes will stand up to a major storm.

It's 5:04 AM and the news is coming on with the latest forecast. I get that off the wunderground web site, so I am going to get some sleep. Then, I'll get up about 9 AM and start putting the rest of my things up high. Stay safe, everyone.

You get a free car wash!

Keep us posted of your situation there Darlene if you can, yeah stay safe.

Thank you so much. I just can't wish these things would go away because that means I am wishing them on someone who may not have been expecting a hurricane and aren't prepared. Just watching TV now I see where Houston may have learned a lot from the Rita snafu...which was in my opinion a disgrace. Now, one day away, traffic from the west enders in Galveston is said to be moving smoothly, gas is available, tow trucks are available, and price gouging will carry a fine that nobody can pay off in a lifetime.

This major storm will test any new hurricane products that may have been used since Katrina.

I'll be taking my computer down tomorrow and depending on electrical service, may be able to come back up the first part of the week.