Ike

Hurricane Ike is about to bear down on the coast of Texas. Residents have been warned that they will have certain death if they do not evacuate. More then a million people have been told to evacuate across the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Over 70 people have been killed in the Caribbean already and the damages to Cuba have been estimated at 3 to 4 billion dollars. The cost to the US might be higher because the predicted path of Ike takes it through Galveston and then to Houston. Its unknown how this hurricane will effect the country. If I remember correctly the hurricane that stuck during the Republican Nation Convention was used by the republicans for political gain. In this important Election season it will be interesting to see how the candidates respond to this hurricane.