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My other son and my grandchildren left Houston early today to go to my parents house in Corpus Christi. They are safely out of harms way of Hurricane Ike - which slammed into the Texas coast at about 1 am CST.

As I type this, about 3 million people are without electrical power In the greater Houston - Galveston area. Galveston Island (which is only about 45 minutes from downtown Houston had a storm surge greater than 17 feet (over 5 meters). That means a "wall" of water like a small tsunami washed over most of the Island. Winds over 100 mph (160 kph) are already passing Galveston on their way to Houston.
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The loss of life will far outweigh the loss of property which will be in the billions of $'s.

Our prayers and thoughts are with all those affected by this force of nature - and in an unrelated event -- a passenger train ran head-on into a freight train in California near Los Angeles more than 20 confirmed dead 3 hours ago.

Not a very good start to the weekend for the 2nd and 4th largest cities in the United States.