September 8th the Governor of Texas declared a State of Disaster in response to Hurricane Ike.
Today hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate the Houston area and along the Southeastern gulf coast of Texas. Today we dispatched crews and equipment to Texas to aide those areas where Hurricane Ike will create havoc.
The front of Hurricane Ike is expected to hit Friday, with landfall this weekend as either a Category 3 or 4 storm with wind gusts from 111-131 mph and a storm surge of 18 feet.
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