It's a massive storm from the view inside the Google Earth program. It's amazing to see real time weather on the Globe. Thanks to this upgrade, you can see exactly how huge Ike is and where it is on it's path to Texas. I captured this image from Google at 11:10 am. It's crazy to see how big it is and how it's still covering all of Florida, yet we really don't notice anything other than cloudy skies. I have not been asked to cover the storm in Texas but I believe no one is going and I'll assume we'll have our folks already there working for the company--to hook us up.

It's currently (11:12 est) a category 2 storm with winds holding at just above 100 mph and it's moving pretty slow at just 10 mph. This isn't good if the water is warm in the Gulf of Mexico as it could flare up to a category 3 relatively easily. I found this tracker on Weather.com. It's up-to-date info on the storm

As it's been all season long here in South Florida, we'll have to watch and wait. But, I must admit this year has been extremely busy for us with storms. Please remember all those folks in Haiti and the Caribean Islands. They have been battered to no end.

jr