Hurricane Ike a big disaster.

"Hurricane Ike the disaster"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7614826.stm

Hurricane Ike was a disaster it made landfall in Galvenston Texas. Ike tore glass from sky scrappers like there were nothing. Thousands of people did not listen to the Government when they said they should evacuate. So they all stayed in the city thinking this storm would not be very bad. They were wrong Ike eceded 110 mph winds during the storm. the storm surges were up to 25 feet high in the air. Major roads were washed out and flooded when rescuers came to help. Nearby marinas had many yachts docked there and they where all capsized after the storm.

When the Storm moved inland it disintegrated to a tropical storm but still very dangerous. Many homes in Ikes wake where heavily damaged with roofs torn off and major blackouts in the area. President Bush declared the city a disaster zone. He had millions of dollars in aid funding go to the town to help it out.A number of deaths occured but we still do not know how many yet. Production has been suspended at 14 oil refineries and 28 natural gas processing plants that were in the storm's path. Ike was one of the baddest storms ever to hit the Texas coast.