Hurricane Ike barrels into downtown Houston, leaving at least 2 million people without power, threatening catastrophic flooding and idling more than a fifth of U.S. oil production.
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Texas prepares for what could be the worst storm of 2008. The category two storm, which threatens to hit Texas oil refineries, could end up being more costly that 2005’s Hurricane Katrina.

With all the talk about Sarah Palin’s glasses, Obama’s potential pick blunder with Biden we have all forgotten about IKE. Not Dwight D. IKE who went to middle school with John McCain … IKE the hurricane that is about to smash the beautiful beaches of Texas.