Hurricane Ike

The National Weather Service is warning residents of Galveston, Texas they could “face certain death” if they don’t evacuate. At this report, the center of Hurricane Ike was about 230 miles southeast of Galveston and moving toward the upper Texas coast.

Hundreds of thousands of Texans are fleeing as Hurricane Ike barrels towards the coastline. Is the extreme weather we’ve seen lately just random chance, or are humans and global warming causing more storms and more severe storms?

Forecasters expected Hurricane Ike to weaken a little as it roared across Cuba, and it has. As of 0800 Monday, Ike has become a Category 2 storm, with top winds of 105 miles per hour. ‘Weaken’ is relative term, however — a storm surge washed over homes in Cuba last night as Ike slammed into the island’s eastern coast. Guest: Cammy Clark, Miami Herald

We know the housing market has seen better days, but what if you’re selling homes in a housing market right in the middle of hurricane country? The residents of the Florida Keys are being evacuated in anticipation of Hurricane Ike, as the storm heads across Cuba. This left us wondering: do people still want to buy homes in a region so vulnerable to the elements?

Cuban television is showing images of the storm surge from Hurricane Ike washing over coastal homes in eastern Cuba. The storm has crashed ashore with 120 mile-per-hour winds. It’s on a course that could take it straight into Havana before heading into the Gulf of Mexico.