‘Houston decides to stare down Ike instead of leave’
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1110&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20080912%2F0705068226.htm&sc=1110&floc=NI-nelead
Have you checked out the Ike live thread?
Thousands of people are planning on riding out the storm in Galveston. Much of Galveston is being flooded already.
Thousands are going to die.