12:00 am Update on Ike

Ike is currently located about 35 miles south-southeast of Galveston, Texas. Maximum sustained winds are near 110 mph. This makes Ike a category two hurricane. Landfall is expected to occur near Galveston during the next few hours. Storm surges in excess of 20 feet will be possible near and to the east of where the center of Ike makes landfall. Also, sustained winds of 90 to 100 mph with gusts as high as 120 mph will be possible across Galveston and Chambers Counties as Ike approaches landfall.

People in the Houston-Galveston Area should hunker down and ride out the storm. It is too late to leave! Stay in an interior room away from windows. Treat these extreme winds like a tornado. Good luck and Godspeed to all people in the path of Ike. It is going to be a long, rough night.