1. Ike is now just one mile short of a Hurricane LEVEL THREE.

2. FILL UP YOUR GAS TANKS ASAP.

no jokes, folks.

Found this at Booman Tribune:

Some 25-30% of US oil refinery capacity is between Houston/Galveston and Port Arthur to the east. It’s all right in the path of the storm surge. It’s going to get swamped. A full quarter of our country’s refining capacity is gonna be down until further notice, guys.

“Catastrophic” isn’t going to begin to describe this.

3. Pray for everyone in its path.